2.1.2.235 T472, DESCRIBE CURSOR

V0271:

The specification states the following:

 Subclause 5.4, "Names and identifiers":
  
 <cursor name> ::=
 <local qualified name>
  
 Subclause 20.9, "<describe statement>":
  
 <describe output statement> ::=
 DESCRIBE [ OUTPUT ] <described object> <using descriptor> [ <nesting option> ]
  
 <nesting option> ::=
 WITH NESTING
 | WITHOUT NESTING
  
 <using descriptor> ::=
 USING [ SQL ] DESCRIPTOR <descriptor name>
  
 <described object> ::=
 <SQL statement name>
 | CURSOR <cursor name> STRUCTURE
  
 ...
  
 Conformance Rules:
  
 Without Feature T472, "DESCRIBE CURSOR", conforming SQL language shall not contain a <describe output statement> that contains a <described object> that contains a <cursor name>.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 varies as follows:

This feature is absent from the [ISO/IEC9075-2:2008] standard.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 varies as follows:

Transact-SQL does not support this feature.