SQL Using sp_describe_cursor
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use pubs SET NOCOUNT ON go
DECLARE authors_cursor CURSOR KEYSET FOR SELECT au_lname FROM authors WHERE au_lname LIKE 'S%'
OPEN authors_cursor
-- Declare a cursor variable to hold the cursor output variable -- from sp_describe_cursor DECLARE @Report CURSOR -- Execute sp_describe_cursor into the cursor variable
EXEC master.dbo.sp_describe_cursor @cursor_return = @Report OUTPUT, @cursor_source = 'global', @cursor_identity = 'authors_cursor' -- Verify that the cursor variable contains information IF cursor_status('variable', '@Report') != 1 print 'No information available from the cursor' ELSE BEGIN -- Fetch all the rows from the sp_describe_cursor output cursor WHILE (@@fetch_status = 0) BEGIN FETCH NEXT from @Report END END -- Close and deallocate the cursor from sp_describe_cursor IF cursor_status('variable','@Report') >= -1 BEGIN CLOSE @Report DEALLOCATE @Report END GO -- Close and deallocate the original cursor CLOSE authors_cursor DEALLOCATE authors_cursor GO
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