I have never used a cursor before so I am new to this. I'm wondering if someone could point me in the right direction.
I have a table in my database that already contains some data. There are only 5 fields in the table. I am going to need to take data from a view and insert it into the table via a stored procedure. Only thing is, I need to figure out a way to not duplicate one of the fields (I'll call it Field 1) - so if the row I am trying to insert has a Field 1 value that is already in the table I do not insert that specific row. Distinct won't work in this case because the other field values in that row might be different. I don't know if this makes a difference - but I am using the same stored procedure that I used to insert the information that is already in the table.
Is anybody able to help with this? Some sample code would be extremely helpful. Thanks!