CONTINUE

Description

When the CONTINUE conditions are true, the loop can continue the execution, when is false stop the loop. (Redshift SQL Language Reference Conditionals: CONTINUE).

CONTINUE are partial supported by Snowflake.

Grammar Syntax

CONTINUE [ label ] [ WHEN expression ];

Sample Source Patterns

Input Code:

Redshift

IN -> Redshift_01.sql

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE procedure1 (x INT)
    LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
DECLARE
    i INTEGER := 0;
BEGIN
    <<simple_loop_when>>
    LOOP
        i := i + 1;
        CONTINUE WHEN i = 5;
        RAISE INFO 'i %', i;
        EXIT simple_loop_when WHEN (i >= x);
    END LOOP;
END;
$$;

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE procedure11 (x INT)
    LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
DECLARE
    i INTEGER := 0;
BEGIN
    LOOP
        i := i + 1;
		IF (I = 5) THEN 
        	CONTINUE;
		END IF;
        RAISE INFO 'i %', i;
        EXIT WHEN (i >= x);
    END LOOP;
END;
$$;

Results

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Output Code:

Snowflake

OUT -> Redshift_01.sql

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE procedure1 (x INT)
RETURNS VARCHAR
    LANGUAGE SQL
    COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "redshift",  "convertedOn": "07/11/2025",  "domain": "no-domain-provided" }}'
AS $$
    		DECLARE
    			i INTEGER := 0;
BEGIN
    			--** SSC-PRF-0008 - PERFORMANCE REVIEW - LOOP USAGE **
    LOOP
        i := i + 1;
        IF (:i = 5) THEN
        	CONTINUE;
        END IF;
        CALL RAISE_MESSAGE_UDF('INFO', 'i %', array_construct(:i));
        IF ((:i >= : x)) THEN
        	EXIT simple_loop_when;
        END IF;
    END LOOP simple_loop_when;
END;
$$;

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE procedure11 (x INT)
RETURNS VARCHAR
    LANGUAGE SQL
    COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "redshift",  "convertedOn": "07/11/2025",  "domain": "no-domain-provided" }}'
AS $$
    		DECLARE
    			i INTEGER := 0;
BEGIN
    			--** SSC-PRF-0008 - PERFORMANCE REVIEW - LOOP USAGE **
    LOOP
        i := i + 1;
		IF (:I = 5) THEN
        	CONTINUE;
		END IF;
        CALL RAISE_MESSAGE_UDF('INFO', 'i %', array_construct(:i));
        IF ((:i >= : x)) THEN
        	EXIT;
        END IF;
    END LOOP;
END;
$$;

Results

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