server sql while双重循环_如何组织无限while循环在SQL Server？

I want to use infinite WHILE loop in SQL Server 2005 and use BREAK keyword to exit from it on certain condition.

while true does not work, so I have to use while 1=1.

Is there a better way to organize infinite loop ?

I know that I can use goto, but while 1=1 begin ... end looks better structurally.

解决方案

In addition to the WHILE 1 = 1 as the other answers suggest, I often add a "timeout" to my SQL "infintie" loops, as in the following example:

DECLARE @startTime datetime2(0) = GETDATE();

-- This will loop until BREAK is called, or until a timeout of 45 seconds.

WHILE (GETDATE() < DATEADD(SECOND, 45, @startTime))

BEGIN

-- Logic goes here: The loop can be broken with the BREAK command.

-- Throttle the loop for 2 seconds.

WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:02';

END

I found the above technique useful within a stored procedure that gets called from a long polling AJAX backend. Having the loop on the database-side frees the application from having to constantly hit the database to check for fresh data.