@@FETCH_STATUS in SQL Server

It returns the status of the last cursor FETCH statement issued against any cursor currently opened by the connection.

FETCH can return following three values

a) 0 if the the FETCH statement was successfully find the next row.

b) -1 if the FETCH statement failed or the row was beyond the result set.

c) -2 if the row fetched is missing. It can happen if some has deleted the row after opening the cursor.

After a FETCH statement is executed, the test for @@FETCH_STATUS must occur before any other FETCH statement is executed against another cursor.

To retrieve the last fetch status of a specific cursor, query the fetch_status column of the sys.dm_exec_cursors dynamic management function.

Pawan Kumar

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