SQL Server Cursors Question:

Explain the disadvantages of cursors?

MS SQL Server Cursors Interview Question
MS SQL Server Cursors Interview Question

Answer:

Disadvantages of cursors

Uses more resources because Each time you fetch a row from the cursor, it results in a network roundtrip
There are restrictions on the SELECT statements that can be used.
Because of the round trips, performance and speed is slow


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