WHILE

Translation reference to convert Teradata WHILE statement to Snowflake Scripting

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Description

Teradata's WHILE statement is translated to Snowflake ScriptingWHILE syntax.

For more information on Teradata While, check here.

[label_name:] WHILE conditional_expression DO
    { sql_statement }
END WHILE [label_name];

Sample Source Patterns

Teradata

While

IN -> Teradata_01.sql

REPLACE PROCEDURE whileProcedure(OUT resultCounter INTEGER)
BEGIN
    DECLARE counter INTEGER DEFAULT 0;
    customeLabel: WHILE counter < 10 DO
        SET counter = counter + 1;
    END WHILE customeLabel;
    SET resultCounter = counter;
END;

CALL whileProcedure(:?);

Result

Snowflake Scripting

While

OUT -> Teradata_01.sql

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE whileProcedure (RESULTCOUNTER OUT INTEGER)
RETURNS VARCHAR
LANGUAGE SQL
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "teradata",  "convertedOn": "07/16/2025",  "domain": "no-domain-provided" }}'
EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
$$
    DECLARE
        counter INTEGER DEFAULT 0;
    BEGIN
         
        WHILE (:counter < 10) LOOP
            counter := counter + 1;
        END LOOP CUSTOMELABEL;
        resultCounter := counter;
    END;
$$;

CALL whileProcedure(:?);

Result

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