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# BREAK (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]

  Exits the innermost loop in a WHILE statement or an IF…ELSE statement inside a WHILE loop. Any statements appearing after the END keyword, marking the end of the loop, are executed. BREAK is frequently, but not always, started by an IF test.  
  
## Examples  
  
```  
-- Uses AdventureWorks  
  
WHILE ((SELECT AVG(ListPrice) FROM dbo.DimProduct) < $300)  
BEGIN  
    UPDATE DimProduct  
        SET ListPrice = ListPrice * 2;  
     IF ((SELECT MAX(ListPrice) FROM dbo.DimProduct) > $500)  
         BREAK;  
END  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [Control-of-Flow Language &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](~/t-sql/language-elements/control-of-flow.md)   
 [WHILE &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/while-transact-sql.md)   
 [IF...ELSE &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/if-else-transact-sql.md)