简单光标在存储程序和函数内被支持。语法如同在嵌入的SQL中。光标当前是不敏感的，只读的及不滚动的。不敏感意为服务器可以活不可以复制它的结果表。
光标必须在声明处理程序之前被声明，并且变量和条件必须在声明光标或处理程序之前被声明。
例如：
CREATE PROCEDURE curdemo() BEGIN DECLARE done INT DEFAULT 0; DECLARE a CHAR(16); DECLARE b,c INT; DECLARE cur1 CURSOR FOR SELECT id,data FROM test.t1; DECLARE cur2 CURSOR FOR SELECT i FROM test.t2; DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR SQLSTATE '02000' SET done = 1; OPEN cur1; OPEN cur2; REPEAT FETCH cur1 INTO a, b; FETCH cur2 INTO c; IF NOT done THEN IF b < c THEN INSERT INTO test.t3 VALUES (a,b); ELSE INSERT INTO test.t3 VALUES (a,c); END IF; END IF; UNTIL done END REPEAT; CLOSE cur1; CLOSE cur2; END