DECLARE authors_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT au_lname FROM authors
WHERE au_lname LIKE 'B%'
ORDER BY au_lname
OPEN authors_cursor
-- Perform the first fetch.
FETCH NEXT FROM authors_cursor
-- Check @@FETCH_STATUS to see if there are any more rows to fetch.
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- This is executed as long as the previous fetch succeeds.
FETCH NEXT FROM authors_cursor
END