Is there a way to loop through a table variable in

Question

Let's say I have the following simple table variable:

declare @databases table
(
    DatabaseID    int,
    Name        varchar(15),   
    Server      varchar(15)
)
-- insert a bunch rows into @databases

Is declaring and using a cursor my only option if I wanted to iterate through the rows? Is there another way?

Answer 1

-- [PO_RollBackOnReject]  'FININV10532'
alter procedure PO_RollBackOnReject
@CaseID nvarchar(100)

AS
Begin
SELECT  *
INTO    #tmpTable
FROM   PO_InvoiceItems where CaseID = @CaseID

Declare @Id int
Declare @PO_No int
Declare @Current_Balance Money


While (Select ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY PO_LineNo DESC) From #tmpTable) > 0
Begin
        Select Top 1 @Id = PO_LineNo, @Current_Balance = Current_Balance,
        @PO_No = PO_No
        From #Temp
        update PO_Details
        Set  Current_Balance = Current_Balance + @Current_Balance,
            Previous_App_Amount= Previous_App_Amount + @Current_Balance,
            Is_Processed = 0
        Where PO_LineNumber = @Id
        AND PO_No = @PO_No
        update PO_InvoiceItems
        Set IsVisible = 0,
        Is_Processed= 0
        ,Is_InProgress = 0 , 
        Is_Active = 0
        Where PO_LineNo = @Id
        AND PO_No = @PO_No
End
End

Answer 2

I really do not see the point why you would need to resort to using dreaded cursor. But here is another option if you are using SQL Server version 2005/2008
Use Recursion

declare @databases table
(
    DatabaseID    int,
    Name        varchar(15),   
    Server      varchar(15)
)

--; Insert records into @databases...

--; Recurse through @databases
;with DBs as (
    select * from @databases where DatabaseID = 1
    union all
    select A.* from @databases A 
        inner join DBs B on A.DatabaseID = B.DatabaseID + 1
)
select * from DBs

Answer 3

This is the code that I am using 2008 R2. This code that I am using is to build indexes on key fields (SSNO & EMPR_NO) n all tales

if object_ID('tempdb..#a')is not NULL drop table #a

select 'IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sysindexes WHERE name ='+CHAR(39)+''+'IDX_'+COLUMN_NAME+'_'+SUBSTRING(table_name,5,len(table_name)-3)+char(39)+')' 
+' begin DROP INDEX [IDX_'+COLUMN_NAME+'_'+SUBSTRING(table_name,5,len(table_name)-3)+'] ON '+table_schema+'.'+table_name+' END Create index IDX_'+COLUMN_NAME+'_'+SUBSTRING(table_name,5,len(table_name)-3)+ ' on '+ table_schema+'.'+table_name+' ('+COLUMN_NAME+') '   'Field'
,ROW_NUMBER() over (order by table_NAMe) as  'ROWNMBR'
into #a
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
where (COLUMN_NAME like '%_SSNO_%' or COLUMN_NAME like'%_EMPR_NO_')
    and TABLE_SCHEMA='dbo'

declare @loopcntr int
declare @ROW int
declare @String nvarchar(1000)
set @loopcntr=(select count(*)  from #a)
set @ROW=1  

while (@ROW <= @loopcntr)
    begin
        select top 1 @String=a.Field 
        from #A a
        where a.ROWNMBR = @ROW
        execute sp_executesql @String
        set @ROW = @ROW + 1
    end