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Minnu

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February 8, 2013 at 2:41 am

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Hi Team,
- if cursor is not closed / deallcated, then below is the error msg
Msg 16915, Level 16, State 1, Line 7
A cursor with the name 'cur_emp' already exists.
Msg 16905, Level 16, State 1, Line 9
The cursor is already open.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 1

Minnu (2/8/2013)
Hi Team,
- if cursor is not closed / deallcated, then below is the error msg
Msg 16915, Level 16, State 1, Line 7
A cursor with the name 'cur_emp' already exists.
Msg 16905, Level 16, State 1, Line 9
The cursor is already open.

Thanks for the reminder, Minnu. I haven't seen this error message for a very, very long time 😉

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jeetsingh.cs SSCommitted Points: 1761 More actions · Answer 2

You need to close cursor and

de allocate it to make it functional

and not come up with an error.