In SQL, a cursor is a temporary workstation allocated by the database server during query execution to hold rows from a result set. There are two types of cursors: implicit cursors are generated automatically for SQL statements while explicit cursors are declared and opened by the user to iterate through query results row by row using a cursor pointer. Explicit cursors allow for extra control over the result set through options like cursor type, locking, and movement direction.
In SQL, a cursor is a temporary workstation allocated by the database server during query execution to hold rows from a result set. There are two types of cursors: implicit cursors are generated automatically for SQL statements while explicit cursors are declared and opened by the user to iterate through query results row by row using a cursor pointer. Explicit cursors allow for extra control over the result set through options like cursor type, locking, and movement direction.
In SQL, a cursor is a temporary workstation allocated by the database server during query execution to hold rows from a result set. There are two types of cursors: implicit cursors are generated automatically for SQL statements while explicit cursors are declared and opened by the user to iterate through query results row by row using a cursor pointer. Explicit cursors allow for extra control over the result set through options like cursor type, locking, and movement direction.
In SQL, a cursor is a temporary workstation allocated by the database server during query execution to hold rows from a result set. There are two types of cursors: implicit cursors are generated automatically for SQL statements while explicit cursors are declared and opened by the user to iterate through query results row by row using a cursor pointer. Explicit cursors allow for extra control over the result set through options like cursor type, locking, and movement direction.
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Cursor in SQL
In SQL, a cursor is a temporary workstation that is allocated by the database server
during the execution of a statement.
The cursor in SQL is the same as the looping technique of other programming languages. The collection of tuples held by the cursor is known as the active set.
Following are the two types of Cursor in Structured Query Language:
1. Implicit Cursor 2. Explicit Cursor
Implicit Cursor These types of cursors are generated and allocated by the SQL server when the system performs INSERT, DELETE, and UPDATE operations on SQL queries.
This cursor is also referred to as the default cursor in SQL.
An implicit cursor is also created by the system when the SELECT query selects the single row.
Explicit Cursor These types of cursors are created by the user using the SELECT query.
An explicit cursor holds multiple records but processes a single row at a time. It uses the pointer, which moves to another row after reading one row.
It is basically used for gaining extra control over the temporary workstation.
Syntax:
DECLARE @YourVariables nvarchar(50) //You have to declare all the require d variables DECLARE My_Cursor_Name CURSOR // You have to declare the Name of y our Cursor [LOCAL | GLOBAL] // You have to specify the Scope of yo ur Cursor [FORWARD_ONLY | SCROLL] // You have to specify the movement dir ection of your Cursor [ KEYSET | DYNAMIC |STATIC | FAST_FORWARD] // You have to specify the B asic type of your Cursor [ SCROLL_LOCKS | OPTIMISTIC |READ_ONLY ] // You have to specify the Lock s for your Cursor OPEN My_Cursor_Name // You have to Open Your Cursor FETCH NEXT FROM My_Cursor_Name // This line fetches the data from your Cursor CLOSE My_Cursor_Name // Here, you have to close Your Cursor DEALLOCATE My_Cursor_Name // Here, you have to deallocate the cursor m emory.
CREATE TABLE Student ( Student_RollNo INT PRIMARY KEY, Student_Name nvarchar(60) NOT NULL, Student_Course nvarchar(20) NOT NULL, Student_Age INTNOT NULL, Student_Marks INT NOT NULL ) ;
DECLARE @Student_RollNo INT, @Student_Name NVARCHAR(50), @Student _Course NVARCHAR(50) /*Here, we declare the variables for holding data. */ /* Here, we declare and set counter */ DECLARE @Counter INT SET @Counter = 1 PRINT '-------- Record of Students --------'; /* Declare the cursor*/ DECLARE Print_Student_Details CURSOR FOR SELECT Student_RollNo, Student_Name, Student_Course FROM customer /* Open the cursor */ OPEN Print_Student_Details /* Fetch the record from the cursor into the variables. */ FETCH NEXT FROM Print_Student_Details INTO @Student_RollNo, @Student_Name, @Student_Course /* LOOP UNTIL RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE. */ WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN IF @Counter = 1 BEGIN PRINT 'Student_RollNo' + CHAR(9) + 'Student_Name' + CHAR(9) + CHAR(9) + 'Student_Course' PRINT '--------------------------' END /* This statement prints the current record */ PRINT CAST(@ Student_RollNo AS NVARCHAR(10)) + CHAR(9) + @Student_N ame + CHAR(9) + CHAR(9) + @Student_Course /* This statement increments the counter variable */ SET @Counter = @Counter + 1 /* This statament fetch the next record into the variables. */ FETCH NEXT FROM Print_Student_Details INTO @Student_RollNo, @Student_Name, @Student_Course END /* This statement closes the cursor*/ CLOSE Print_Student_Details /* This statement deallocates the cursor*/ DEALLOCATE Print_Student_Details
