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Its syntax is:</p> <pre xml:space="preserve" class="oac_no_warn"> WHILE <span class="italic">condition</span> LOOP <span class="italic">statement</span> [, <span class="italic">statement</span> ]... END LOOP; </pre> <div class="helpinfonote"> <p><span class="bold">Note: </span>If the statements between <code>LOOP</code> and <code>END</code> <code>LOOP</code> never cause <code><span class="codeinlineitalic">condition</span></code> to become <code>FALSE</code>, the <code>WHILE</code> <code>LOOP</code> statement runs indefinitely.</p> </div> <p>Suppose that the <code>eval_frequency</code> function uses the <code>WHILE</code> <code>LOOP</code> statement instead of the <code>FOR</code> <code>LOOP</code> statement, and ends after the proposed salary exceeds the maximum salary for the <code>JOB_ID</code>.</p> <p>Change the <code>eval_frequency</code> function as shown in bold font in the following example. (For information about the procedures that print sthe strings, <code>DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE</code>, see <a href="javascript:open('http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/lookup?id=ARPLS036','newWindow').focus()"><span class="italic">Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference</span></a>.)</p> <div class="example"><a id="BABFBBDC" name="BABFBBDC"></a><a id="TDDDG232" name="TDDDG232"></a> <p class="titleinexample">WHILE LOOP Statement that Computes Salary to Maximum</p> <pre xml:space="preserve" class="oac_no_warn"> FUNCTION eval_frequency (emp_id IN EMPLOYEES.EMPLOYEE_ID%TYPE) RETURN PLS_INTEGER AS h_date EMPLOYEES.HIRE_DATE%TYPE; today EMPLOYEES.HIRE_DATE%TYPE; eval_freq PLS_INTEGER; j_id EMPLOYEES.JOB_ID%TYPE; sal EMPLOYEES.SALARY%TYPE; sal_raise NUMBER(3,3) := 0; <span class="bold">sal_max JOBS.MAX_SALARY%TYPE;</span> BEGIN SELECT SYSDATE INTO today FROM DUAL; SELECT HIRE_DATE INTO h_date FROM EMPLOYEES WHERE EMPLOYEE_ID = emp_id; IF ((h_date + (INTERVAL '120' MONTH)) < today) THEN eval_freq := 1; SELECT JOB_ID INTO j_id FROM EMPLOYEES WHERE EMPLOYEE_ID = emp_id; SELECT SALARY INTO sal FROM EMPLOYEES WHERE EMPLOYEE_ID = emp_id; <span class="bold">SELECT MAX_SALARY INTO sal_max</span> <span class="bold">FROM JOBS</span> <span class="bold">WHERE JOB_ID = j_id;</span> CASE j_id WHEN 'PU_CLERK' THEN sal_raise := 0.08; WHEN 'SH_CLERK' THEN sal_raise := 0.07; WHEN 'ST_CLERK' THEN sal_raise := 0.06; WHEN 'HR_REP' THEN sal_raise := 0.05; WHEN 'PR_REP' THEN sal_raise := 0.05; WHEN 'MK_REP' THEN sal_raise := 0.04; ELSE NULL; END CASE; IF (sal_raise != 0) THEN BEGIN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('If salary ' || sal || ' increases by ' || ROUND((sal_raise * 100),0) || <span class="bold">'% each year, it will be:'</span>); <span class="bold">WHILE sal <= sal_max LOOP</span> sal := sal * (1 + sal_raise); <span class="bold">DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(ROUND(sal, 2);</span> END LOOP; <span class="bold">DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Maximum salary for this job is ' || sal_max);</span> END; END IF; ELSE eval_freq := 2; END IF; RETURN eval_freq; END eval_frequency; </pre></div> <!-- class="example" --> <div class="helpinfonotealso"> <h2>Related Topics</h2> <p><a href="javascript:open('http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/lookup?id=LNPLS01328','newWindow').focus()"><span class="italic">Oracle Database PL/SQL Language Reference</span></a> for the syntax of the <code>WHILE</code> <code>LOOP</code> statement</p> <p><a href="javascript:open('http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/lookup?id=LNPLS00403','newWindow').focus()"><span class="italic">Oracle Database PL/SQL Language Reference</span></a> for more information about using the <code>WHILE</code> <code>LOOP</code> statement</p> <p><a href="tdddg_subprograms025.htm#CIHHFJFJ">Controlling Program Flow</a></p> </div> </div> <!-- class="sect2" --> <!-- Start Footer --> <div class="footer"> <table class="simple oac_no_warn" summary="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <col width="86%" /> <col width="*" /> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="copyrightlogo">Copyright © 1996, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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