To me, there's not much difference, Tom. The end result at work is the same.
And, I agree... ring knocking is generally not a problem at the types of companies that I've worked at.
--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.