SQL Server 2025 Cursors

Learn when to use a cursor, how to fetch rows, and how to clean up safely. Choose a lesson or a self-assessment below.

Lessons

1. SQL Server 2025 Cursors: Introduction
2. When to Use a SQL Server Cursor
3. SQL Server Cursor Types and Options
4. LOCAL and GLOBAL Cursor Scope in SQL Server
5. Cursor Variables and References in SQL Server
6. How to Declare a Cursor in SQL Server 2025
7. OPEN a Cursor in SQL Server 2025
8. FETCH and Cursor Navigation in SQL Server 2025
9. CLOSE a Cursor in SQL Server 2025
10. DEALLOCATE and Cursor Cleanup in SQL Server 2025
11. How SQL Server Cursors Respond to Data Changes
12. SQL Server 2025 Cursors: Module Review

Practice and self-checks

• Cursor Declaration and FETCH: Practice Exercise
• Cursor Types and Scope: Self-Check
• SQL Server 2025 Cursors: Final Self-Check