• You could get rid of the cursor here too. Something like this should be pretty close.

    DECLARE @CORRECTION_STATEMENT nvarchar(max)

    select @CORRECTION_STATEMENT = 'UPDATE [janinetestdata].[dbo].[EDTE] set ' + Columns_To_Fix + ' = '''

    + Corrected_Value + ''' WHERE zBarcode = ' + zBarcode + ' and '

    + 'PERSON_NUMBER = ' + Person_No + ';'

    from [janinetestdata].[dbo].[TEST66]

    where Command = 'UPDATE'

    and Person_No is not null

    and Columns_To_Fix is not null

    and zBarcode is not null

    exec sp_executesql @CORRECTION_STATEMENT

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