• PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (9/22/2009)


    pandeharsh (9/12/2009)


    Also,I read here that,we should avoid cursor as much as possible.

    This is not correct. Is like saying you should avoid surgery as much as possible - why if surgery is your most effective alternative?

    Actually, that is not entirely correct... Heh... I find that too many people go for "elective surgery" instead of finding the better way.

    You should indeed avoid cursors "as much as possible". I'll agree that it's sometimes not possible but most folks simply give up too early.

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)