I'm trying to learn to run T-SQL scripts in Query Analyzer like I can with Oracle in SQL Plus. In the Books Online I found a nice example of a cursor loop running a report against the pubs db. I paste this script into Query Analyzer and hit go and get 5 different errors. Here's the script, you can find it in books online with keyword "cursors, Transact-SQL": SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @au_id varchar(11), @au_fname varchar(20), @au_lname varchar(40), @message varchar(80), @title varchar(80) PRINT "-------- Utah Authors report --------" DECLARE authors_cursor CURSOR FOR SELECT au_id, au_fname, au_lname FROM authors WHERE state = "UT" ORDER BY au_id OPEN authors_cursor FETCH NEXT FROM authors_cursor INTO @au_id, @au_fname, @au_lname WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN PRINT " " SELECT @message = "----- Books by Author: " + @au_fname + " " + @au_lname PRINT @message -- Declare an inner cursor based -- on au_id from the outer cursor. DECLARE titles_cursor CURSOR FOR SELECT t.title FROM titleauthor ta, titles t WHERE ta.title_id = t.title_id AND ta.au_id = @au_id -- Variable value from the outer cursor OPEN titles_cursor FETCH NEXT FROM titles_cursor INTO @title IF @@FETCH_STATUS <> 0 PRINT " <<No Books>>" WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN SELECT @message = " " + @title PRINT @message FETCH NEXT FROM titles_cursor INTO @title END CLOSE titles_cursor DEALLOCATE titles_cursor -- Get the next author. FETCH NEXT FROM authors_cursor INTO @au_id, @au_fname, @au_lname END CLOSE authors_cursor DEALLOCATE authors_cursor GO Why is it not possible to run this in Query Analyzer against the pubs db? ***Sterling Financial Investment Group, Inc. (SFIG) is a member of NASD/MSRB/NFA/SIPC. Email transmissions may be monitored. SFIG cannot accept orders to buy or sell via email. Please visit www.mysterling.com for more information.*** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
