How to use the PRINT statement to track execution as stored procedure is running?

Question

Reference: SQL Server

I have a stored procedure with a while loop in it and I want some messages to be printed after every 500 loops.

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Answer 1

Can I just ask about the long term need for this facility - is it for debuging purposes?

If so, then you may want to consider using a proper debugger, such as the one found in Visual Studio, as this allows you to step through the procedure in a more controlled way, and avoids having to constantly add/remove PRINT statement from the procedure.

Just my opinion, but I prefer the debugger approach - for code and databases.