title: What is loop based programming?
body: <p>This isn't a joke.  ;)</p>
  
  <p>I was working with a DBA to define a data model and he was pushing back against some of my suggestions by saying something like "well before we had 'loop based' programming" or "loop based data models"</p>
  
  <p>My suggestions, because we are working with Entity Framework, a model == table schema based ORM, were to simplify some relationships.</p>
  
  <p>I want to know what he meant by that?</p>
  
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  <p>Thanks for the answers so far but its definitely not a sql "set-based" vs cursor,while loop thing.</p>
  
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  <p>In response I said "I have no idea what that means" and he never provided an answer, just dropped some part of his objections.</p>