Ejemplo (sobre SQL-SERVER):

'Abrir un cursor y recorrelo
DECLARE Employee_Cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT LastName, FirstName
FROM Northwind.dbo.Employees
WHERE LastName like 'B%'
OPEN Employee_Cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM Employee_Cursor
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
FETCH NEXT FROM Employee_Cursor
END

CLOSE Employee_Cursor
DEALLOCATE Employee_Cursor

'Abrir un cursor e imprimir su contenido
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE
@au_id varchar(11),
@au_fname varchar(20),
@au_lname varchar(40),
@message varchar(80),
@title varchar(80)
PRINT "-------- Utah Authors report --------"
DECLARE authors_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT au_id, au_fname, au_lname
FROM authors
WHERE state = "UT"
ORDER BY au_id
OPEN authors_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM authors_cursor
INTO @au_id, @au_fname, @au_lname
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
PRINT " "
SELECT
@message = "----- Books by Author: " +
@au_fname + " " + @au_lname
PRINT @message
DECLARE titles_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT t.title
FROM titleauthor ta, titles t
WHERE ta.title_id = t.title_id AND ta.au_id = au_id
OPEN titles_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM titles_cursor INTO @title
IF @@FETCH_STATUS <> 0
PRINT " <<No Books>>"
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SELECT @message = " " + @title
PRINT @message
FETCH NEXT FROM titles_cursor INTO @title
END

CLOSE titles_cursor
DEALLOCATE titles_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM authors_cursor
INTO @au_id, @au_fname, @au_lname
END

CLOSE authors_cursor
DEALLOCATE authors_cursor
GO