CLOSE (T-SQL)

Closes an open cursor by releasing the current result set and freeing any cursor locks held on the rows on which the cursor is positioned. CLOSE leaves the data structures accessible for reopening, but fetches and positioned updates are not allowed until the cursor is reopened. CLOSE must be issued on an open cursor; it is not allowed on cursors that have only been declared or are already closed.

Syntax

CLOSE { { [GLOBAL] cursor_name } | cursor_variable_name }

Arguments

GLOBAL

Specifies that cursor_name refers to a global cursor.

cursor_name

Is the name of an open cursor. If both a global and a local cursor exist with cursor_name as their name, cursor_name refers to the global cursor when GLOBAL is specified; otherwise, cursor_name refers to the local cursor.

cursor_variable_name

Is the name of a cursor variable associated with an open cursor.

Examples

This example shows the correct placement of the CLOSE statement in a cursor based process.

USE pubs

GO

DECLARE authorcursor CURSOR FOR

SELECT au_fname, au_lname

FROM authors

ORDER BY au_fname, au_lname

OPEN authorcursor

FETCH NEXT FROM authorcursor

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

BEGIN

   FETCH NEXT FROM authorcursor

END

CLOSE authorcursor

DEALLOCATE authorcursor

GO

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