Question

This code in a store procedure worked for years, now on the OPEN line I am getting A cursor with the name … does not exist.

Did something change in sp_executesql that might have caused this to break?

Is there another way of doing this (the need for dynamic SQL is because the @Types param is passed in as a pre-formatted string for the IN clause?)

Select @Query = 'DECLARE cur_person CURSOR FOR
                 SELECT *
                 FROM MyTable
                 WHERE PersonID = @PersonnelID
                 AND Type in '  + @Types + '    <== formatted list for IN clause

EXEC sp_executesql @Query
OPEN cur_person                   <== get cursor doesn't exist error

Answer 1

In your example, that means that the cursor is defined locally.

You can define it globally with database option (CURSOR_DEFAULT) but that might not be a good idea.

Another thing that you can do is put all code in the query and execute it.