Chapter 9 SQL Statements
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GOTO statement [T-SQL]
Use this statement to branch to a labeled statement.
label:
GOTO
label
None.
None.
Any statement in a Transact-SQL procedure, trigger, or batch can be labeled.
The label name is a valid identifier followed by a colon. In the GOTO
statement, the colon is not used.
♦
SQL/92 Persistent Stored Module feature.
♦
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise supports the GOTO statement.
♦ The following Transact-SQL batch prints the message "yes" on the
server window four times:
declare @count smallint
select @count = 1
restart:
print ’yes’
select @count = @count + 1
while @count <=4
goto restart
Function
Syntax
Authorization
Side effects
Description
Standards and
compatibility
Example