Cursors (Transact-SQL)
SQL Server 2008
Microsoft 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.
Cursor operations are supported on these statements:
These system functions and system stored procedures also support cursors:
