PL/SQL While Loop

PL/SQL while loop is used when a set of statements has to be executed as long as a condition is true, the While loop is used. The condition is decided at the beginning of each iteration and continues until the condition becomes false.

Syntax of while loop:

Example of PL/SQL While Loop

Let's see a simple example of PL/SQL WHILE loop.

After the execution of the above code, you will get the following result:

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Note: You must follow these steps while using PL/SQL WHILE Loop.

• Initialize a variable before the loop body.
• Increment the variable in the loop.
• You can use EXIT WHEN statements and EXIT statements in While loop but it is not done often.

PL/SQL WHILE Loop Example 2

Output:

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