Syntax of for-loop in SQL Server

Question

What is the syntax of a for loop in TSQL?

Answer 1

How about this:

BEGIN
   Do Something
END
GO 10

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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;

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