What is the cursor datatype?

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What is the cursor datatype?

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The cursor datatype is used to store the variables or OUTPUT parameters that reference a cursor. Any variable assigned to a cursor datatype is nullable. The variables having a cursor datatype can be referenced by the following operations:

  • DECLARE, OPEN, FETCH, CLOSE, or DEALLOCATE CURSOR statements
  • Stored procedure OUTPUT parameters
  • The CURSOR_STATUS function
  • sp_cusrsorlist, sp_describe_cursor, sp_describe_cursor_tables, sp_describe_cursor_columns system stored procedures


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