Syntax of for-loop in SQL Server

What is the syntax of a for l开发者_运维技巧oop in TSQL?

There is no for-loop, only the while-loop:

DECLARE @i int = 0

WHILE @i < 20
BEGIN
    SET @i = @i + 1
    /* do some work */
END

T-SQL doesn't have a FOR loop, it has a WHILE loop
WHILE (Transact-SQL)

WHILE Boolean_expression
BEGIN

END

Extra Info

Just to add as no-one has posted an answer that includes how to actually iterate over a dataset inside a loop. You can use the keywords OFFSET FETCH.

Usage

DECLARE @i INT = 0;
SELECT @count=  Count(*) FROM {TABLE}

WHILE @i <= @count
BEGIN
       
    SELECT * FROM {TABLE}
    ORDER BY {COLUMN}
    OFFSET @i ROWS   
    FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY  

    SET @i = @i + 1;

END

DECLARE @intFlag INT
SET @intFlag = 1
WHILE (@intFlag <=5) 
BEGIN
    PRINT @intFlag
    SET @intFlag = @intFlag + 1
END
GO

How about this:

BEGIN
   Do Something
END
GO 10

... of course you could put an incremental counter inside it if you need to count.

For loop is not officially supported yet by SQL server. Already there is answer on achieving FOR Loop's different ways. I am detailing answer on ways to achieve different types of loops in SQL server.

FOR Loop

DECLARE @cnt INT = 0;

WHILE @cnt < 10
BEGIN
   PRINT 'Inside FOR LOOP';
   SET @cnt = @cnt + 1;
END;

PRINT 'Done FOR LOOP';

If you know, you need to complete first iteration of loop anyway, then you can try DO..WHILE or REPEAT..UNTIL version of SQL server.

DO..WHILE Loop

DECLARE @X INT=1;

WAY:  --> Here the  DO statement

  PRINT @X;

  SET @X += 1;

IF @X<=10 GOTO WAY;

REPEAT..UNTIL Loop

DECLARE @X INT = 1;

WAY:  -- Here the REPEAT statement

  PRINT @X;

  SET @X += 1;

IFNOT(@X > 10) GOTO WAY;

Reference

Simple answer is NO !!.

There is no FOR in SQL, But you can use WHILE or GOTO to achieve the way how the FOR will work.

WHILE :

DECLARE @a INT = 10

WHILE @a <= 20
BEGIN
    PRINT @a
    SET @a = @a + 1
END

GOTO :

DECLARE @a INT = 10
a:
PRINT @a
SET @a = @a + 1
IF @a < = 20
BEGIN
    GOTO a
END

I always prefer WHILE over GOTO statement.

Old thread but still coming up and I thought I would offer a "FOREACH" solution for those that need one.

DECLARE @myValue nvarchar(45);
DECLARE myCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT [x] 
FROM (Values ('Value1'),('Value2'),('Value3'),('Value4')) 
as MyTable(x);
OPEN myCursor;
FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @myValue;
While (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
BEGIN
    PRINT @myValue
    FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @myValue;
END
CLOSE myCursor;     
DEALLOCATE myCursor;

I should state for the record that recursion is frowned upon in the SQL world. And for good reason - it can be very detrimental to performance. Still, for maintenance/offline/bulk/ad-hoc/testing/etc operations, I use this method a lot.

Try it, learn it:

DECLARE @r INT = 5
DECLARE @i INT = 0
DECLARE @F varchar(max) = ''
WHILE @i < @r
BEGIN

    DECLARE @j INT = 0
    DECLARE @o varchar(max) = ''
    WHILE @j < @r - @i - 1
    BEGIN
        SET @o = @o + ' '
        SET @j += 1
    END

    DECLARE @k INT = 0
    WHILE @k < @i + 1
    BEGIN
        SET @o = @o + ' *'  -- '*'
        SET @k += 1
    END
    SET @i += 1
    SET @F = @F + @o + CHAR(13)
END
PRINT @F

With date:

DECLARE @d DATE = '2019-11-01'
WHILE @d < GETDATE()
BEGIN
    PRINT @d
    SET @d = DATEADD(DAY,1,@d)
END
PRINT 'n'
PRINT @d

While Loop example in T-SQL which list current month's beginning to end date.

DECLARE @Today DATE= GETDATE() ,
@StartOfMonth DATE ,
@EndOfMonth DATE;

DECLARE @DateList TABLE ( DateLabel VARCHAR(10) );
SET @EndOfMonth = EOMONTH(GETDATE());
SET @StartOfMonth = DATEFROMPARTS(YEAR(@Today), MONTH(@Today), 1);

WHILE @StartOfMonth <= @EndOfMonth
BEGIN
    INSERT  INTO @DateList
    VALUES  ( @StartOfMonth );
    SET @StartOfMonth = DATEADD(DAY, 1, @StartOfMonth);
END;

SELECT  DateLabel
FROM    @DateList;