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  • August 13, 2010 at 12:34 am

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    kscott-851323 (8/12/2010)

    I want to create a temporary table using a While Loop instead of a Cursor.

    Why? If you're trying to remove the cursor, a while loop is no better. Just another form of row-by-row processing.

    Is the end goal to use a cursor/loop, or is the end goal to populate a table?

    Gail Shaw
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