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Cursor
SQL Server statements produce a complete result set, but there are times when the results are best processed one row at a time. Opening a cursor on a result set allows processing the result set one row at a time. You can assign a cursor to a variable or parameter with a cursor data type.
Permissions default to any user that has SELECT permissions;
Syntax:
DECLARE cursor_name CURSOR [ LOCAL | GLOBAL ]
[ FORWARD_ONLY | SCROLL ]
[ STATIC | KEYSET | DYNAMIC | FAST_FORWARD ]
[ READ_ONLY | SCROLL_LOCKS | OPTIMISTIC ]
[ TYPE_WARNING ]
FOR select_statement
[ FOR UPDATE [ OF column_name [ ,...n ] ] ]
Example:
create table #temp
(id int)
declare @p int = 0
while @p < 10
begin
insert into #temp
values(@p)
set @p = @p + 1
end
select * from #temp -- return all rows
DECLARE @id int
DECLARE c CURSOR FOR
select
id
from
#temp
OPEN c
FETCH NEXT FROM c INTO @id
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
print @id -- scroll row by row
FETCH NEXT FROM c INTO @id
END
CLOSE c;
DEALLOCATE c;
drop table #temp