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What are the problems with cursor inside Stack Overflow?
Main problem is about changing the index of rows to 1,2,3.. where contact-id and type is the same. but all columns can contain exactly the same data because of some ex-employee messed up and update all rows by contact-id and type. somehow there are rows that aren’t messed but index rows are same. It is total chaos.
Can a cursor be used to update a table?
I haven’t confirmed this on 2008 but certainly on 2005 and below, you can expect all kinds of weirdness if you update the data your cursor is defined against, without marking the cursor as insensitive. Another option could be to use a temporary table.
How to update column fetched by a cursor in TSQL?
After doing a bit more googling, I found a partial solution. The update code is as follows: I still had to use FETCH INTO, however, to retrieve #t1.Product_ID and run the query that produces #POs, so I’d still like to know if it’s possible to use FETCH on it’s own.
How to use cursor to update multiple record in SQL?
I haven’t confirmed this on 2008 but certainly on 2005 and below, you can expect all kinds of weirdness if you update the data your cursor is defined against, without marking the cursor as insensitive. Another option could be to use a temporary table. ***/Update Multiple Record Using Curser In SQl /*** CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].
Is there a way to select the cursor of a field?
It should just be @@FETCH_STATUS = 0. Second, you are not selecting your inner Cursor into anything. And I cannot think of any circumstance where you would select all fields in this way – spell them out! Here’s a sample to go by.
How to fold the inner cursor into the outer?
From there, you can fold the inner cursor into the outer by doing an INNER JOIN on it (you can join on a sub query). Finally, any SELECT statement can be converted to an UPDATE using this method:
How to create an outer cursor in SQL?
BEGIN TRAN DECLARE @CONTACT_ID VARCHAR (15) DECLARE @TYPE VARCHAR (15) DECLARE @INDEX_NO SMALLINT DECLARE @COUNTER SMALLINT DECLARE @FETCH_STATUS INT DECLARE OUTER_CURSOR CURSOR FOR SELECT CONTACT_ID, TYPE, INDEX_NO FROM CONTACTS WHERE CONTACT_ID IN (SELECT CONTACT_ID FROM dbo.CONTACTS WHERE CONTACT_ID IN (…)