While Loops are more productive than For Loops

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While Loops are more productive than For Loops

This code insight searches all the artifacts having for loops which can be simplified to a while loop.

For loops that do not have Init nor Update part :

for ( ;cond; )

Remedy –

Try to reduce the number of the artifacts having for loops which can be
simplified to a while loop.

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Why you should care

For performance reasons, while loops are prefered to for loops.

Business Impacts

Production Risk

CAST recommendations

References

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/sql/sql-transactions.htm

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