Example
The WHILE loop is executed untill the condition of end is fulfilled. Simple example:
DECLARE
v_counter NUMBER(2); --declaration of counter variable
BEGIN
v_counter := 0; --point of start, first value of our iteration
WHILE v_counter < 10 LOOP --exit condition
dbms_output.put_line('Current iteration of loop is ' || v_counter); --show current iteration number in dbms script output
v_counter := v_counter + 1; --incrementation of counter value, very important step
END LOOP; --end of loop declaration
END;
This loop will be executed untill current value of variable v_counter will be less than ten.
The result:
Current iteration of loop is 0
Current iteration of loop is 1
Current iteration of loop is 2
Current iteration of loop is 3
Current iteration of loop is 4
Current iteration of loop is 5
Current iteration of loop is 6
Current iteration of loop is 7
Current iteration of loop is 8
Current iteration of loop is 9
The most important thing is, that our loop starts with '0' value, so first line of results is 'Current iteration of loop is 0'.
