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Cursor Types
If you ask any SQL Server DBAs about cursors, they will tell you it’s a big no-no. If you search for T-SQL best practices on the web, in all the results that you will find, there will always be a section similar to this: “Avoid using cursors as much as you can”. I agree that in many cases cursors should be avoided and can be replaced by more efficient set-based programming alternatives. But, in some cases, using a cursor is the only option or the most efficient option. Otherw