What is a cursor in SQL Server 2000 and their types?
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Answer / sd
Cursors allow row-by-row prcessing of the resultsets.
Types of cursors: Static, Dynamic, Forward-only, Keyset-
driven
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Answer / ashish sehra
Cursor is the current position of recordset.There are 4
types of cursors.
1.forward Only (Default)
2.Static
3.Keyset
4.Dynamic
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In SQL Server 2000 Cursors are used in stored procedures /
Functions where we have to go each record of a recordset
one by one.
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Answer / vasanthi
When will be use cursor need to perform following steps:-
1. DECLARE CURSOR
2. OPEN
3. FETCH
4. @@FETCH_STATUS
5. CLOSE
6. DEALLOCATE
1.DECLARE cursor_name CURSOR FOR SELECT_statement;
2.OPEN cursor_name;
3.FETCH cursor_name INTO variable list;
5.CLOSE cursor_name;
5.DEALLOCATE cursor_name;
sample
******
DECLARE Employee_Cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT LastName, FirstName
FROM AdventureWorks2008R2.HumanResources.vEmployee
WHERE LastName like 'B%';
OPEN Employee_Cursor;
FETCH NEXT FROM Employee_Cursor;
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
FETCH NEXT FROM Employee_Cursor
END;
CLOSE Employee_Cursor;
DEALLOCATE Employee_Cursor;
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Answer / arshad abbasi
Cursors allow row-by-row prcessing of the resultsets.
Types of cursors: Static, Dynamic, Forward-only, Keyset-
driven
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / lekhraj deshmukh
Cursor:-Cursor is used for fetching the ror by row data from
tables.
Note:-Cursor is the only datatypa that can not be used in
table creation.
When will be use cursor need to perform following steps:-
1)decalere a cursor
2) open a cursor
3)fetch the cursor
4)close the cursor
5)deallocate the cursor
Types of cursor:-
1)API cursor
2)client cursor
3)sql server cursor
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Answer / kokila
When will be use cursor need to perform following steps:-
1. DECLARE CURSOR
2. OPEN
3. FETCH
4. @@FETCH_STATUS
5. CLOSE
6. DEALLOCATE
1.DECLARE cursor_name CURSOR FOR SELECT_statement;
2.OPEN cursor_name;
3.FETCH cursor_name INTO variable list;
5.CLOSE cursor_name;
6.DEALLOCATE cursor_name;
Cursor is the current position of recordset.There are 4
types of cursors.
1.forward Only (Default)
2.Static
3.Keyset
4.Dynamic
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Answer / saswat gupta
Cursor is a datatype that is not used in table. and only
used in stored Procedure/function
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