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Give me a set based statement that goes through all 300 of my tables and renames the table to [tablename]+[currentdate] (and I'll remind you that sp_ForEachTable is a systemic cursor) and I'll happily agree with both statements made about looping and cursors.

Sometimes I think we tend tell others NEVER to use a cursor, gods forbid! Find any other way to do it! Evil things! Bad..bad...bad..

When what we really mean is that cursors are sometimes overused or misused when a set-based statement would be more efficient. ie, try to find a set-based solution before falling back to a cursor or looping mechanism. Failing THAT, however, if a cursor is necessary, use a cursor. Just realize that there are performance issues involved in RBAR and be prepared to deal with them.