Question

I’m trying to put the results of a SELECT into a variable and loop through the results to manipulate that data, all in the same stored proceedure… Here’s what I have so far:

DECLARE @i int

@Result = (SELECT * FROM UserImport)

SET @i = 0
WHILE @i < (SELECT Count(@Result) As Count)
BEGIN
   /* Do Stuff */
END

I know I’m way off because it’s saying @Result was not declared, but I’m not sure how to declare a variable to be able to hold the results of a SELECT statement.

Can anyone tell me where i’m going wrong and how to fix it?

Thanks,
Matt

Answer 1

You can use a cursor, at least that’s the traditional way of doing it. You can also use a while loop as you requested. See this article for an example of a cursor and the alternative.

Avoiding SQL cursors