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title: "What is a Cursor?"  
description: "What is a Cursor?"  
author: "Rahul Roi"  
published: 2019-05-06  
updated: 2020-09-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23507/what-is-a-cursor  
category: "database"  
tags: ["database", "sql server"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is a Cursor?

The **database Cursor** is a control which enables traversal over the rows or records in the table. It can be viewed as a pointer to one row in a set of rows. A **cursor** is very much useful for traversing such as retrieval, addition and removal of database records.

## Answers

### Answer by Rahul Roi

The **database Cursor** is a control which enables traversal over the rows or records in the table. It can be viewed as a pointer to one row in a set of rows. A **cursor** is very much useful for traversing such as retrieval, addition and removal of database records.


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