Translate SQL Server 2008 Cursor Variables to SQL Azure - sql-server

Question

I'm attempting to port the database for NetSqlAzMan to Azure. I'm running into a problem with a few of the stored procedures.
SET #member_cur = CURSOR STATIC FORWARD_ONLY FOR SELECT * FROM #RESULT
OPEN #member_cur
results in error message:
Msg 16948, Level 16, State 4
Procedure
netsqlazman_GetApplicationGroupSidMembers,
Line 118
The variable '#member_cur' is
not a cursor variable, but it is used
in a place where a cursor variable is
expected.
The store procedure script was created by exporting an empty NetSQLAzMan database in SQLAzure format. Any tips for handling cursor variables in SQL Azure? I don't see much for documentation on this.
Here is the stored procedure if that helps. Please pardon the verbosity. The error references the bottom of the stored procedure.
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[netsqlazman_GetApplicationGroupSidMembers]
#ISMEMBER [bit],
#GROUPOBJECTSID [varbinary](85),
#NETSQLAZMANMODE [bit],
#LDAPPATH [nvarchar](4000),
#member_cur [int] OUTPUT
WITH EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
DECLARE #RESULT TABLE (objectSid VARBINARY(85))
DECLARE #GROUPID INT
DECLARE #GROUPTYPE TINYINT
DECLARE #LDAPQUERY nvarchar(4000)
DECLARE #sub_members_cur CURSOR
DECLARE #OBJECTSID VARBINARY(85)
SELECT #GROUPID = ApplicationGroupId, #GROUPTYPE = GroupType, #LDAPQUERY = LDapQuery FROM [netsqlazman_ApplicationGroupsTable] WHERE objectSid = #GROUPOBJECTSID
IF #GROUPTYPE = 0 -- BASIC
BEGIN
--memo: WhereDefined can be:0 - Store; 1 - Application; 2 - LDAP; 3 - Local; 4 - Database
-- Windows SIDs
INSERT INTO #RESULT (objectSid)
SELECT objectSid
FROM dbo.[netsqlazman_ApplicationGroupMembersTable]
WHERE
ApplicationGroupId = #GROUPID AND IsMember = #ISMEMBER AND
((#NETSQLAZMANMODE = 0 AND (WhereDefined = 2 OR WhereDefined = 4)) OR (#NETSQLAZMANMODE = 1 AND WhereDefined BETWEEN 2 AND 4))
-- Store Groups Members
DECLARE #MemberObjectSid VARBINARY(85)
DECLARE #MemberType bit
DECLARE #NotMemberType bit
DECLARE nested_Store_groups_cur CURSOR LOCAL FAST_FORWARD FOR
SELECT objectSid, IsMember FROM dbo.[netsqlazman_ApplicationGroupMembersTable] WHERE ApplicationGroupId = #GROUPID AND WhereDefined = 0
OPEN nested_Store_groups_cur
FETCH NEXT FROM nested_Store_groups_cur INTO #MemberObjectSid, #MemberType
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- recursive call
IF #ISMEMBER = 1
BEGIN
IF #MemberType = 0
SET #NotMemberType = 0
ELSE
SET #NotMemberType = 1
END
ELSE
BEGIN
IF #MemberType = 0
SET #NotMemberType = 1
ELSE
SET #NotMemberType = 0
END
EXEC dbo.[netsqlazman_GetStoreGroupSidMembers] #NotMemberType, #MemberObjectSid, #NETSQLAZMANMODE, #LDAPPATH, #sub_members_cur OUTPUT
FETCH NEXT FROM #sub_members_cur INTO #OBJECTSID
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS=0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #RESULT VALUES (#OBJECTSID)
FETCH NEXT FROM #sub_members_cur INTO #OBJECTSID
END
CLOSE #sub_members_cur
DEALLOCATE #sub_members_cur
FETCH NEXT FROM nested_Store_groups_cur INTO #MemberObjectSid, #MemberType
END
CLOSE nested_Store_groups_cur
DEALLOCATE nested_Store_groups_cur
-- Application Groups Members
DECLARE nested_Application_groups_cur CURSOR LOCAL FAST_FORWARD FOR
SELECT objectSid, IsMember FROM dbo.[netsqlazman_ApplicationGroupMembersTable] WHERE ApplicationGroupId = #GROUPID AND WhereDefined = 1
OPEN nested_Application_groups_cur
FETCH NEXT FROM nested_Application_groups_cur INTO #MemberObjectSid, #MemberType
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
-- recursive call
IF #ISMEMBER = 1
BEGIN
IF #MemberType = 0
SET #NotMemberType = 0
ELSE
SET #NotMemberType = 1
END
ELSE
BEGIN
IF #MemberType = 0
SET #NotMemberType = 1
ELSE
SET #NotMemberType = 0
END
EXEC dbo.[netsqlazman_GetApplicationGroupSidMembers] #NotMemberType, #MemberObjectSid, #NETSQLAZMANMODE, #LDAPPATH, #sub_members_cur OUTPUT
FETCH NEXT FROM #sub_members_cur INTO #OBJECTSID
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS=0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #RESULT VALUES (#OBJECTSID)
FETCH NEXT FROM #sub_members_cur INTO #OBJECTSID
END
CLOSE #sub_members_cur
DEALLOCATE #sub_members_cur
FETCH NEXT FROM nested_Application_groups_cur INTO #MemberObjectSid, #MemberType
END
CLOSE nested_Application_groups_cur
DEALLOCATE nested_Application_groups_cur
END
ELSE IF #GROUPTYPE = 1 AND #ISMEMBER = 1 -- LDAP QUERY
BEGIN
EXEC dbo.[netsqlazman_ExecuteLDAPQuery] #LDAPPATH, #LDAPQUERY, #sub_members_cur OUTPUT
FETCH NEXT FROM #sub_members_cur INTO #OBJECTSID
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS=0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #RESULT (objectSid) VALUES (#OBJECTSID)
FETCH NEXT FROM #sub_members_cur INTO #OBJECTSID
END
CLOSE #sub_members_cur
DEALLOCATE #sub_members_cur
END
SET #member_cur = CURSOR STATIC FORWARD_ONLY FOR SELECT * FROM #RESULT
OPEN #member_cur
GO

Answer 1

I don't think this problem is with cursors so much but more with the declaration of the output variable. If you look at the start of the stored procedure you have this:
#member_cur [int] OUTPUT
Where #member_cur is defined as being an integer. You're then trying to assign it to have the value of a cursor and it is rightly complaining. What I'm surprised about is that this is what was generated from a non-Azure SQL Server. Either way it looks like SQL Azure doesn't support this, so either change the type of the output parameter, or open your cursor in a different variable and assign #member_cur to be that value.