Yeah, it does look more like Jeff Moden nighmare :w00t:

Or, may be, is taken from Oracle...

Your given example doesn't contain anything qualifying use of cursors (or WHILE LOOPs, which may even be slower than properly implemented cursors).

Having 45 cursors means you are trying to do some complex (or at least multi-step processing). In order to help we will need much more details and explanation of requirements. Please follow the link at the bottom of my signature which will lead you to the tips how to get bets help in shortest time on this forum.