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  • April 1, 2013 at 3:56 pm

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    AndrewSQLDBA (4/1/2013)

    SQL Server does not Loop thru rows. SQL Server is Set Based.

    Please do not indicate that a database loops thru rows.

    Andrew SQLDBA

    Certainly not in the classical sense, but SQL Server is like any other file server. Behind the scenes, it loops like made. R.Barry Young coined the phrase "Pseudo Cursor" for these types of things and it's actually what is responsible for things like the Tally Table working.

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)