You can use WAITFOR DELAY like the example below. See the Books Online
for details.

CREATE PROCEDURE q_additionalrabatt
@additionalrabatt float,
@ordernr int
AS

SET NOCOUNT ON

DECLARE @ordradnr int

DECLARE curdb CURSOR LOCAL FOR
SELECT
ordernr, ordradnr
FROM orp
WHERE
ordernr = @ordernr

OPEN curdb

WHILE 1 = 1
BEGIN

FETCH curdb
INTO @ordernr, @ordradnr

IF @@FETCH_STATUS = -1 BREAK

IF @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN

UPDATE orp
SET orp.rabatt1 =
(orp.rabatt1 + @additionalrabatt)
WHERE orp.ordernr = @ordernr AND
orp.ordradnr = @ordradnr

WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:04'

END

END

CLOSE curdb
DEALLOCATE curdb
GO



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Hope this helps.

Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP

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"Matt" <matt@fruitsalad.org> wrote in message
news:b609190f.0309100058.593a5318@posting.google.c om...
> Hi
>
> I am trying to use the WAITFOR function to make each loop in a cursor
> occur every 4 seconds until the curdb is empty
>
> the prtocedure is as follows
>
> ---------------- start
> create procedure q_additionalrabatt
> @additionalrabatt float,
> @ordernr int
>
> AS
>
> declare @ordradnr int
>
> declare curdb cursor for select ordernr, ordradnr from orp where
> ordernr = @ordernr
> for read only
>
> open curdb
>
> fetch curdb into @ordernr, @ordradnr
>
> while @@fetch_status = 0
> begin
>
> update orp
> set orp.rabatt1 = (orp.rabatt1 + @additionalrabatt)
> where orp.ordernr = @ordernr and
> orp.ordradnr = @ordradnr
>
> fetch curdb into @ordernr, @ordradnr
>
> end
>
> close curdb
> deallocate curdb
>
> ------------------- end
>
> I need to make sure, that before it fetches the next row it waits 4
> seconds before executing the next loop.
>
> Matt