Syntax of for-loop in SQL Server

Question

What is the syntax of a for loop in TSQL?

Answer 1

Extra Info

Just to add as no-one has posted an answer that includes how to actually iterate though 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

Answer 2

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

WHILE Boolean_expression
BEGIN

END

Answer 3

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;  

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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.