The WHILE loop can be used as an alternative to CURSORS. The following example will print numbers from 0 to 99.
DECLARE @i int = 0;
WHILE(@i < 100)
BEGIN
PRINT @i;
SET @i = @i+1
END
DECLARE @ID AS INT;
SET @ID = (SELECT MIN(ID) from TABLE);
WHILE @ID IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
PRINT @ID;
SET @ID = (SELECT MIN(ID) FROM TABLE WHERE ID > @ID);
END
