How To Avoid Cursors
Feb 28, 2006
I have a long sql batch that does this:
1. Gets a list of all tables in user database that start with name CORE
declare@tablenamevarchar(30),
@commandvarchar(2000),
@cntinteger
declare GetCOREOids cursor for
select sysobjects.name
from sysobjects
where ( OBJECTPROPERTY(sysobjects.id,N'IsUserTable')=1 ) and
( sysobjects.name like 'CORE%' or sysobjects.name =
'CMNSTRStructGeomBasicPort') and
( sysobjects.name not like 'CORESpatialIndex%') and (sysobjects.name
not like 'COREDeletedObjects%') and
( sysobjects.name not in
('CORERelationOrigin','CORERelationDestination') ) and
( sysobjects.id in ( select id from syscolumns where name = 'oid') )
for read only
2. Populates a temporary table with distinct oids from the list.
create table [#tSP3DCoreOid] (oid UNIQUEIDENTIFIER)
open GetCOREOids
fetch GetCOREOids into @tablename
while ( @@fetch_status = 0)
begin
select @command = 'insert into [#tSP3DCoreOid] select distinct oid from
' + @tablename
execute(@command)
--print @tablename + ' rows: ' + convert(char,@@rowcount)
fetch GetCOREOids into @tablename
end /* while */
--Clean up
close GetCOREOids
deallocate GetCOREOids
3. Creates a cursor to get "invalid" oids from 2 other tables
declare DanglingRelation cursor for
select oid from [dbo].[CORERelationOrigin] RO where not exists
( select oid from [#tSP3DCoreOid] where oid = RO.oid )
union
select oid from [dbo].[CORERelationDestination] RD where not exists
( select oid from [#tSP3DCoreOid] where oid = RD.oid )
4. Loops thru. the cursor examining each oid and then calls a
StoredProc to update another table
declare @objectOid uniqueidentifier
declare @tempOid uniqueidentifier
open DanglingRelation
fetch DanglingRelation into @ObjectOid
while ( @@fetch_status = 0)
begin
set @tempOid='00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
if left(@ObjectOid,8)='00000002'
select @tempOid=oid from COREToDoList where Oid=@ObjectOid
else if left(@ObjectOid,8)='00000003'
select @tempOid=oid from COREToDoRecord where Oid=@ObjectOid
else if left(@ObjectOid,8)='00000004'
else
select @tempOid=oid from COREBaseClass where Oid=@ObjectOid
if @tempOid = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
BEGIN
exec CORESetObjectIntegrity @ObjectOid, 2
END
fetch DanglingRelation into @ObjectOid
end
close DanglingRelation
deallocate DanglingRelation
drop table [#tSP3DCoreOid]
Now the #tSP3DCoreOid temp table can sometimes get as many as 7.5
million rows and this is making the batch fail on SQLServer as it runs
out of memory.
I think the problem is the cursor here and would like some
feedback/tips on how to best optimise it.
thanks a lot
Sunit
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Jul 23, 2005
Hi All,I want to avoid using cursors and loops in stored procedures.Please suggest alternate solutions with example (if possible).Any suggestion in these regards will be appreciated.Thanks in advance,T.S.Negi
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Jul 23, 2005
i'm trying to write a batch that will perform a complex task usingset-based selects instead of a row-based cursor. let me know if you canhelp me figure out how.description of what i'm trying to do:there is TABLE1, TABLE2, and TABLE3i want to select each row from TABLE1, do some analysis on the data ofthat row, and then perform an insert of some data into TABLE2, and somedata into TABLE3how do i do this in a T-SQL batch?
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Oct 30, 2006
Hi,
I have a customer who is using vba to pull a result set from an sql server stored procedure into excel. She wants a calculated column added to the result set that gives:
The number days (datediff) between the end date (autend_dte) on one row and the begin date (autbeg_dte) on the next row for each client (clt_num). The rows are to be ordered by client and begin date. The number should be associated with the second row used to calculate the date diff. The first row for each client will have a date diff of 0.
I could do this using a cursor in the stored procedure or a loop in the vba, but I would prefer to do it with the select, but I don't even know where to start.
See expected results below.
CREATE TABLE #testit (
clt_num int NOT NULL ,
autbeg_dte datetime NULL ,
autend_dte datetime NULL)
INSERT INTO #testit (clt_num, autbeg_dte, autend_dte)
SELECT 510, '2004-09-01 00:00:00.000', '2005-09-30 23:59:00.000' UNION ALL
SELECT 510, '2005-10-01 00:00:00.000', '2006-04-06 23:59:00.000' UNION ALL
SELECT 600, '2006-08-01 00:00:00.000', '2006-11-06 23:59:00.000' UNION ALL
SELECT 2529, '2006-01-13 00:00:00.000', '2006-04-11 23:59:00.000' UNION ALL
SELECT 2529, '2005-11-30 00:00:00.000', '2005-12-12 23:59:00.000' UNION ALL
SELECT 2602, '2006-03-29 00:00:00.000', '2006-05-02 23:59:00.000' UNION ALL
SELECT 2602, '2005-11-12 00:00:00.000', '2006-02-27 23:59:00.000' UNION ALL
SELECT 2602, '2006-05-26 00:00:00.000', '2006-06-12 23:59:00.000' UNION ALL
SELECT 2602, '2006-06-18 00:00:00.000', '2006-06-28 23:59:00.000'
SELECT * FROM #testit
order by clt_num,autbeg_dte
Expected result:
clt_numautbeg_dte autend_dte Days Diff
5102004-09-01 00:00:00.0002005-09-30 23:59:00.0000
5102005-10-01 00:00:00.0002006-04-06 23:59:00.0001
6002006-08-01 00:00:00.000 2006-11-06 23:59:00.000 0
25292005-11-30 00:00:00.0002005-12-12 23:59:00.0000
25292006-01-13 00:00:00.0002006-04-11 23:59:00.00044
26022005-11-12 00:00:00.0002006-02-27 23:59:00.0000
26022006-03-29 00:00:00.0002006-05-02 23:59:00.00030
26022006-05-26 00:00:00.0002006-06-12 23:59:00.00024
26022006-06-18 00:00:00.0002006-06-28 23:59:00.0006
Thanks,
Laurie
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Sep 26, 2006
hi,
My problem is basically i need to call a stored proc for each entry in a table, i.e, basically a for loop calling stored procs with parameter coming from the table. I know two ways of doing this .. using cursor and using while loop with temp table. I dont like both approaches. Is there any good practice for this situation..
declare mycur cursor fast_forward for select ID from sometable
open mycur
FETCH NEXT FROM mycur
INTO @AID
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
exec dbo.storedproc @AID
FETCH NEXT FROM mycur INTO @AID
end
CLOSE mycur
DEALLOCATE mycur
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Jul 16, 2006
Hello,
Can anyone direct me a good article that is about why we should try avoiding using cursors and what are the alternatives?
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Feb 16, 2008
can we call cursors from asp.net as we can call stored procedures from asp.net.
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Jan 7, 2005
Hi,
I'm writting a stored procedure to insert new rows into a table, but I need to loop through an exsiting table and create a new record for every row in the old table. So I think what I'm needing to use is a cursor, but I've never worked with cursors before, and I just want to check that I have the right idea on what they are used for and if what I have so far looks ok.
This what I have so far, the StoreFees table only has 5 rows:
DECLARE @StoreFee as smallmoney
DECLARE @StoreLineID as int
DECLARE MyStoreFees CURSOR
FORWARD_ONLY
FOR
SELECT LineId, StoreFee FROM StoreFees ORDER BY StoreFee
OPEN MyStoreFees
FETCH NEXT FROM MyStoreFees
INTO @StoreLineId, @StoreFee
--Do my Inserts into other tables
INSERT INTO OtherTable (...,...,.., @StoreFee)
...
...
-- Done working with that row
CLOSE MyStoreFees
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Feb 28, 2005
I am trying to pull the data via fetching rows into a variable.
Begin
Fetch Next Into @temp...
Select @MainVariable = @MainVariable + @temp < @temp doesn't refresh with next fetch)
Print @temp < this works fine and returns the value for each fetch
End
I can print @temp and the data returns fine, but when I try to cancantenate with the above select, it doesn't refresh @temp wit the column in the table.
Any ideas?
DotNetNow
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Jun 19, 2001
I have two procedures. One works well, and the other has a small glitch I cannot figure out. I have placed >>>> at the place where the problem is occuring.
The first procedure, which is working great, is applying a stored procedure to many servers (remote procedure call), but is also polling the local server via a linked server connection. This way, all servers are polled equally.
The second procedure is actually using a SELECT statment to query a system table. This procedure works well on all servers except the local one. I get this error message:
Server: Msg 3910, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Transaction context in use by another session.
[OLE/DB provider returned message: Unspecified error]
There seems to be a connection issue. Can someone help me work around this?
Thank you,
Neal
FIRST PROCEDURE (this one works perfectly):
truncate table dbidname
CREATE TABLE ##dbtemp ( dbname VarChar(50),
dbsize varchar (25),
dbownervarchar(50),
dbid smallint,
createdate datetime,
statusvarchar(75) )
declare@servernamevarchar(50)
declare dbupdate cursor
global
for
select servername from sqlservers where status = 'a'
open dbupdate
fetch next from dbupdate into @servername
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
print @servername
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver @servername, 'SQL Server'
>>>INSERT INTO ##dbtemp
>>>exec (@servername + '.master..sp_helpdb')
alter table dbidname alter column sqlservers_id int null
insert into dbidname (dbsystemid, dbname)
select dbid, dbname from ##dbtemp
update dbidname set sqlservers_id = sqlservers.sqlservers_id from sqlservers where @servername = sqlservers.servername and
dbidname.sqlservers_id is null
update dbidname set whenupdate = getdate()
alter table dbidname alter column sqlservers_id int not null
exec sp_dropserver @servername
delete ##dbtemp
fetch next from dbupdate into @servername
end
close dbupdate
deallocate dbupdate
drop table ##dbtemp
exec spal_db_files_update
SECOND PROCEDURE (see >>>> to note problem area):
truncate table dbidname
CREATE TABLE ##dbtemp ( dbname VarChar(50),
dbsize varchar (25),
dbownervarchar(50),
dbid smallint,
createdate datetime,
statusvarchar(75) )
declare@servernamevarchar(50)
declare dbupdate cursor
global
for
select servername from sqlservers where status = 'a'
open dbupdate
fetch next from dbupdate into @servername
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
print @servername
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver @servername, 'SQL Server'
>>>>INSERT INTO ##dbtemp
>>>>exec (@servername + '.master..sp_helpdb')
alter table dbidname alter column sqlservers_id int null
insert into dbidname (dbsystemid, dbname)
select dbid, dbname from ##dbtemp
update dbidname set sqlservers_id = sqlservers.sqlservers_id from sqlservers where @servername = sqlservers.servername and
dbidname.sqlservers_id is null
update dbidname set whenupdate = getdate()
alter table dbidname alter column sqlservers_id int not null
exec sp_dropserver @servername
delete ##dbtemp
fetch next from dbupdate into @servername
end
close dbupdate
deallocate dbupdate
drop table ##dbtemp
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Nov 28, 2000
I am receiving this error when running my cursor:
Error Messages...
Server: Msg 16933, Level 16, State 1, Line 0
The cursor does not include the table being modified.
The statement has been terminated.
Server: Msg 16933, Level 16, State 1, Line 5 (this message repeats)...
The cursor does not include the table being modified.
The statement has been terminated.
query:
declare cursor_test CURSOR for
select emp_ssn, effective_date1 from temp_employee_benefit_load
open cursor_test
declare @ssn char(9), @process_date char(8)
fetch next from cursor_test into @ssn, @process_date
while (@@fetch_status=0)
update test_cursor
set ssn = @ssn, process_date = @process_date
where current of cursor_test
fetch next from cursor_test into @ssn, @process_date
close cursor_test
deallocate cursor_test
Any help is appreciated:
Thanks,
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Sep 7, 2000
I have stored procedure in that I am using a cursor to fetch the row by row.
cursor is fetching 75000 records so that the procedure is taking long time.
Is there any way to replace the cursor to fetch the records row by row.
He needed.
Ranch
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Apr 14, 2000
Please help resolve a problem (and debate!).
We have an app using VB with Access as the front end to SQL. SQL statments were built and sent
directly to the server obtaining set-oriented results. Response was fair.
We have a new app developed by an "expert" using VB & Interdev that was to be ported for use on
the internet. The app was designed using the same logic to build the SQL statements, but it is also
using cursors to retrieve all data. RESPONSE IS TERRIBLE!
The designer says that to access SQL over the Web, cursor use is a MUST!
True? Not True?
If true, and I am stuck with an app using cursors, any basic suggestions on where to look to improve
response time?
Thanks for any input.
FJ
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Apr 23, 1999
Hi,
I am using SQL Server 6.5 and I have a VB routine that updates a field in a tble so it can be used in a primary key. This is run after input of data using bcp. I have noticed on several posts re: using cursors to move through a recordset and was wondering if I could use this functionality to replace my VB routine. I checked the archives and found several messages but I am not sure where to start. My VB routine is:
I first would query the data to return all rows where the value of R08SegmentValue= Null. Then I move through the resultset changing the value of the field R08Segments.
***********************Start of VB Code****************
'Set initial value for sTReportHeaderIdx
With rs1
sTReportHeaderIdx = !ReportIdx & !HeaderIdx
sPReportHeaderIdx = sTReportHeaderIdx
End With
bCount = 1
'loop through rs and when streportheaderidx changes reset bCount to 1
'otherwise increment bcount by 1 and write to field R08SegmentValue
Do While rs1.EOF = False And blnContinue = True
DoEvents
Do While sPReportHeaderIdx = sTReportHeaderIdx
With rs1
.Edit
!R08SegmentValue = bCount
.Update
bCount = bCount + 1
sPReportHeaderIdx = sTReportHeaderIdx
.MoveNext
If Not rs1.EOF Then sTReportHeaderIdx = !ReportIdx & !HeaderIdx
End With
Loop
sPReportHeaderIdx = sTReportHeaderIdx
bCount = 1
Loop
In the end my data should look like
ReportIdx HeaderIdx R08SegmentValue
1 1 1
1 1 2
2 1 1
2 1 2
2 1 3
3 1 1
3 1 2
3 1 3
1 2 1
1 2 2
1 2 3
etc..
Can this be done via an sp? How would I go about writing something like this?
Thanks in advance...any assistance you could provide would be appreciated!
Kevin
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Aug 6, 2002
I hope someone can help me with this, as BOL didn't get me the answer I am looking for.
I want to write an update step that will transform the following:
1 abc
1 def
2 lmn
3 rst
4 tuv
4 xyz
4 jkl
5 pqr
into this:
1 abc,def
2 lmn
3 rst
4 tuv,xyz,jkl
5 pqr
In other words, I want to concatenate multiple instances into 1 record per row, but I am not familiar with working with cursors or loops.
Thanks in advance!
bv
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Nov 16, 1998
According go textbooks and T-SQL developers experience - using cursors is not recommended, more over they say: avoid cursors where it's possible.
Could someone please recommend any other way to go through the recordset(resultset) forward and backward to perform some search or calculations, if there are a specific requirement for not using front-end tools such as VB or MS Access(please don't ask why), other words - all the work must be performed in T-SQL stored procedure.
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Feb 24, 2008
Hi
I defined a cursor and executed it...but now i exactly forgot what select statement i had run in the cursor..(forgot the columns that i am extracting )
how do I view the contents of the cursor ?
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Aug 25, 2004
I have a stored proc that merges records from an undeduped table to a deduped table. It is running really slowly. Merging 70 million records against a deduped 70 million is taking 115 hours and counting on decent hardware. Very slow.
I suspect there is significant room for optimization here. Some of my ideas:
- Write/update back to the cursor rather than executing separate UPDATE statements.
- Try a dynamic cursor instead of a READ ONLY cursor.
- Dump new elements to a separate table or a file and then do a single large INSERT.
Anyone else think any of these ideas will work? Can anyone think of something better?
BTW, I've tried to replaced the procedural cursor code with set based UPDATES/INSERTS but the short version of the story is that that route just didn't pan out. I know that is very common optimization advice.
I've made minor simplifications to the code:
- Took out code to handle last line
- Took out progress logging code
- Removed some DECLARE statements. These are needed to run but it should be obvious what they were supposed to be.
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Aug 27, 2004
Trying to understand cursors a little better, found this in one of the dbs I inherited. Just trying ot figure out why they put it there cause no one else knows anything about it.
DECLARE [TM #] CURSOR
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Jan 14, 2005
nevermind forget I asked thanks anyways
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Feb 10, 2005
These guys I work with have some sql scripts they run over night and they bog down the server and the machine will be gummed up in the morning etc..
Well, I finally looked at this processing and the culprit is cursors. And cursors within cursors. I would like to just get some opinions about what would be more processor efficient so I can send my boss a link to this thread.
Using a cursors to pull records and update them.
vs
Create script using a scripting language that pulls the records through ADO, loops through them and performs updates as necessary using update statements and the like.
Be nice. I have to work with these guys.
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Jan 24, 2006
In what situations would you use a cursor over a t-SQL update/select statement
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Jun 26, 2007
Hey guys
I have heard cursors are not the way to go. But I am wondering if/how to get out of a situation that I am using a cursor in...in order to make my stored proc run more effieciently.
I am quite novice in my abilities and I am completely stumped on how to get around using them.
As far as INSERTs go, I think I can work around that, but how would I write UPDATE statements for all lines of a table to say pull a key from another table to reference them together?
I usually make my SELECT statement in the cursor, then update against the criteria from the SELECT statement. Now this is quite a slow process when I am updating 100K records.
Any help or pointers or a link to a good tutorial would be woderful.
Thanks
tibor
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Jan 23, 2004
declare BadRecords cursor dynamic for select lngZipCodeID
from ZipCodes where lngZipCode=@ZipCode and lngZipCodeID<>@NewZipID
/* this is the syntax in Sybase
open BadRecords;
BadRecordsLoop: loop
fetch next BadRecords into BadID;
if sqlstate<>0 then
leave BadRecordsLoop
end if
*/
I have to convert it to sql , I m just checking whether my syntax is correct or not
open BadRecords
while @@fetch_status = 0
begin
set @BadId = fetch next BadRecords
if @@Error = 0
end
I have doubt in my syntax. Can you help me out in this?
Thx
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Feb 11, 2004
I have a requirement to check a value which MUST be unique forever even if it is removed and readded.I have created a seperate table to maintain this value.
Without using a cursor how would I be able to append a duplicate base value (i.e. smith.j@here.now) with the next sequential value (i.e. smith.j02@here.now)
Any takers?
Oh ya, These values are not manually entered but populated through a DTS script. The existing values are repopulated from historic tables and new entries are added automatically. Initially the values would be populated without a number but a number needs to be generated on duplicates.
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Apr 8, 2008
Could not complete cursor operation because the table schema changed after the cursor was declared.
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Sep 28, 2006
I have a Stored Procedure that show RentArrears for a tenant only
eg Execute RentArrears '88' where 88 is the tenantID
Now I want to execute it for other tenants, I want think of using Cursors to loop thru tenent table , but everybody is frowning at it, what other method can I use to loop thru tenant so as to use my stored procedure
Thanks
If it is that easy, everybody will be doing it
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Jul 24, 2007
Can someone tell me what is wrong with this code?
I just want to get the account_number field from the accounts table and put it in the results table. Let me clarify, there are over 500 rows in the accounts table and I want to loop through those while setting the accounts.account_number = results.account_number.
declare @account nvarchar
DECLARE Accounts_Cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT account_number FROM accounts
OPEN accounts_Cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM accounts_Cursor into @account
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
update results
set account_number = @account
FETCH NEXT FROM accounts_Cursor into @account
END
CLOSE accounts_Cursor
DEALLOCATE accounts_Cursor
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Feb 3, 2008
declare @sal char(50)
DECLARE Employee_Cursor1 CURSOR static for
SELECT salary
FROM test2
OPEN Employee_Cursor1
FETCH FROM Employee_Cursor1 into @sal
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
FETCH NEXT FROM Employee_Cursor1 into @sal
PRINT 'this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so long :'+@sal
END
CLOSE Employee_Cursor1
DEALLOCATE Employee_Cursor1
Rahul
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Feb 3, 2008
declare @sal char(30),
@name char(30),
@sal2 char(30),
@i int
set @i=0
DECLARE Employee_Cursor4 CURSOR for
SELECT salary
FROM test2
OPEN Employee_Cursor4
fETCH FROM Employee_Cursor4 into @sal
while @@fetch_status=0
BEGIN
declare emp10 cursor for
select salary, fname from test2
open emp10
fetch from emp10 into @sal2, @name
PRINT 'this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so long :'+@sal
while @@fetch_status=0 and @sal2=@sal
begin
print 'this is the name '+@name
fetch next from emp10 into @sal2,@name
end
close emp10
deallocate emp10
fetch next from employee_cursor4 into @sal
print @i
set @i=@i+1
end
close employee_cursor4
deallocate employee_cursor4
i HAVE CREATED A TEST TABLE WITH TWO COLUMNS SALARY AND FNAME
TABLE STRUCTURE IS LIKE THIS:
salary fname
10 r
20 m
30 n
40 p
when i run the above query it produces this result
this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so long :10
this is the name r
0
this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so long :20
1
this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so long :30
2
this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so long :40
3
i want it to say the name after every row:
this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so long :10
this is the name r
0
this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so
long :20
this is the name n 1
this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so long :30
this is the name m
2
this is NOT the desired output which i wanted from so long :40
this is the name p
3
if any other way to do it please helpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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Feb 24, 2008
Hi
I defined a cursor and executed it...but now i exactly forgot what select statement i had run in the cursor..(forgot the columns that i am extracting )
how do I view the contents of the cursor ?
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Mar 28, 2008
Can I replace a cursor that has while and if logic inside using temp tables?
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.sp_UPDATE_ALPHA_INDEX_PARTY
@start_date datetime,
@end_date datetime
AS
set nocount on
DECLARE @instrument_id decimal(28, 0)
DECLARE @party_id decimal(28, 0)
DECLARE @party_data varchar(600)
DECLARE @last_inst_id decimal(28, 0)
DECLARE @sort_order int
TRUNCATE TABLE ALPHA_INDEX_PARTY_DATA
SET @sort_order = 0
SET @last_inst_id = 0
DECLARE main_Cursor CURSOR STATIC FOR
SELECT I.INSTRUMENT_ID, P.PARTY_ID, '('
+ CASE P.PARTY_TYPE WHEN 1 THEN 'D' WHEN 4 THEN 'I' ELSE 'N' END + ') '
+ P.LAST_NAME + CASE WHEN P.FIRST_NAME IS NOT NULL AND P.FIRST_NAME <> '' THEN ', ' + P.FIRST_NAME ELSE '' END
+ CASE WHEN P.MIDDLE_NAME IS NOT NULL AND P.MIDDLE_NAME <> '' THEN ' ' + P.MIDDLE_NAME ELSE '' END
+ CASE WHEN P.NAME_SUFFIX IS NOT NULL AND P.NAME_SUFFIX <> '' THEN ' ' + P.NAME_SUFFIX ELSE '' END AS PARTY_DATA
FROM INSTRUMENT I JOIN PARTY P ON I.INSTRUMENT_ID = P.INSTRUMENT_ID
WHERE I.RECORDING_DATE BETWEEN @start_date AND @end_date AND I.DELETED_FLAG <> 1
OPEN main_Cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM main_Cursor
INTO @instrument_id, @party_id, @party_data
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
IF @instrument_id != @last_inst_id
BEGIN
SET @sort_order = 0
END
WHILE LEN(@party_data) > 0
BEGIN
SET @sort_order = @sort_order + 1
INSERT INTO ALPHA_INDEX_PARTY_DATA (INSTRUMENT_ID, PARTY_ID, SORT_ORDER, PARTY_DATA) VALUES (@instrument_id, @party_id, @sort_order, LEFT(@party_data, 36))
IF LEN(@party_data) > 36
BEGIN
SET @party_data = ' ' + LTRIM(RIGHT(@party_data, LEN(@party_data) - 36))
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @party_data = ''
END
END
SET @last_inst_id = @instrument_id
FETCH NEXT FROM main_Cursor
INTO @instrument_id, @party_id, @party_data
END
CLOSE main_Cursor
DEALLOCATE main_Cursor
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
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Feb 17, 2006
I am new to sql and require some help on cursors?what are they and how and why are they used for???it will be kind enough if anyone helps me in this regards..regardsvishal jain.
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