Because SQL is a non-procedural language, a single statement can take the place of a series of procedures.

因为SQL是一种非过程化语言，所以一条语句可以代替一系列过程。

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They also facilitate migration to IDS of routines written in the procedural languages of other database servers that support GOTO and LOOP statement syntax.

对于用支持GOTO和loop语句语法的其它数据库服务器上的过程语言编写的例程，SPL语言中的语句标签、GOTO和loop语句也可以为它们到IDS的迁移提供便利。

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The session opened with a division on a motion to allow the Commons to sit in private, which is sometimes used as a procedural tactic to test the quoracy of the House, and was interrupted for a ministerial statement.

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