DaveDB (1/24/2014)
I completely disagree with the use of cursors. They are heavy and slow and anything that you can do in a cursor you can be accomplished in a loop and/or temp table.
Dave,
Changing a cursor to a loop, won't be any better because a cursor is basically a loop.
Cursor should be used carefully and as last resort as you say. For administrative jobs they're a great tool.