Artoo22 (9/11/2012)
Note, @@FETCH_STATUS contains one of the following values:0: The FETCH statement was successful.
-1: The FETCH statement failed or the row was beyond the result set.
-2: The row fetched is missing.
Therefore it's best to use
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
I would suggest it is better to not use a cursor for this. 😀 A cursor is the slow way to get this data.
In those rare cases where a cursor is needed it is however much better to use the check like our little droid recommends.
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