Iterations or Loops

I use a LOOP database to fake ZOHO into a real FOR NEXT or REPEAT UNTIL loop. However it would be great to make functions faster by A) Checking how many records in a database (filtered perhaps) and then B) Offering a Looping mechanism that would limit the number of iterations, with of couse a BREAK if a certain condition were met. If this could be done then ZOHO CREATOR really becomes powerful. Functions could be written with flat variables that allow power so many neat possibilities.
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