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

  Encloses a series of [!INCLUDE[tsql](../../includes/tsql-md.md)] statements that will execute as a group. BEGIN...END blocks can be nested.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
BEGIN   
     { sql_statement | statement_block }   
END   
```  
  
## Arguments  
 { *sql_statement*| *statement_block*}  
 Is any valid [!INCLUDE[tsql](../../includes/tsql-md.md)] statement or statement grouping as defined with a statement block. To define a statement block (batch), use the control-of-flow language keywords BEGIN and END. Although all [!INCLUDE[tsql](../../includes/tsql-md.md)] statements are valid within a BEGIN...END block, certain [!INCLUDE[tsql](../../includes/tsql-md.md)] statements should not be grouped together within the same batch (statement block).  
  
## Result Types  
 **Boolean**  
  
## Examples: [!INCLUDE[ssSDWfull](../../includes/sssdwfull-md.md)] and [!INCLUDE[ssPDW](../../includes/sspdw-md.md)]  
 In the following example, `BEGIN` and `END` define a series of [!INCLUDE[DWsql](../../includes/dwsql-md.md)] statements that run together. If the `BEGIN...END` block are not included, the following example will be in a continuous loop.  
  
```  
-- Uses AdventureWorks  
  
DECLARE @Iteration Integer = 0  
WHILE @Iteration <10  
BEGIN  
    SELECT FirstName, MiddleName   
    FROM dbo.DimCustomer WHERE LastName = 'Adams';  
SET @Iteration += 1  
END;  
  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [ALTER TRIGGER &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/statements/alter-trigger-transact-sql.md)   
 [BEGIN...END &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/begin-end-transact-sql.md)   
 [Control-of-Flow Language &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](~/t-sql/language-elements/control-of-flow.md)   
 [CREATE TRIGGER &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/statements/create-trigger-transact-sql.md)   
 [ELSE &#40;IF...ELSE&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/else-if-else-transact-sql.md)   
 [IF...ELSE &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/if-else-transact-sql.md)   
 [WHILE &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/while-transact-sql.md)