SQL Cursor Processing Control Break logic - sql

Question

Is this how we still handle control break logic in sql cursors
Basically, what i want to do is loop through a list of accounts and if the next account name is the same as the previous one do many things else do many other things.
The sample below just lists all the accounts and how many times they occur in the list. Ideally, I'll do more processing in each case (like call several stored procs). Is there another way to do this?
DECLARE #CompanyName NVARCHAR(255)
DECLARE #CompanyNameHold NVARCHAR(255)
DECLARE #TESTCOUNT INT
DECLARE #TOTALCOUNT INT
SELECT #CompanyNameHold = ''
SELECT #TESTCOUNT = 0
SELECT #TOTALCOUNT = 0
DECLARE ImportCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT [Company Name]
FROM [MyDB].[dbo].[AccountsToImport]
ORDER BY [Company Name]
OPEN ImportCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM ImportCursor INTO #CompanyName
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
--Check HoldCompanyName = CompanyName
IF (#CompanyName <> #CompanyNameHold)
BEGIN
--PROCESS NEW ACCOUNT
IF #TESTCOUNT = 0 --PRIMER
SET #CompanyNameHold = #CompanyName
ELSE
PRINT CAST(#TESTCOUNT AS NVARCHAR) + ' - ' + #CompanyNameHold
SET #TESTCOUNT = 1
END
ELSE
BEGIN
--ADD TO EXISTING
SET #TESTCOUNT = #TESTCOUNT + 1
END
--Move CompanyName to HoldCompanyName
SET #CompanyNameHold = #CompanyName
SET #TOTALCOUNT = #TOTALCOUNT + 1
FETCH NEXT FROM ImportCursor INTO #CompanyName
END
--Process Last Record
PRINT CAST(#TESTCOUNT AS NVARCHAR) + ' - ' + #CompanyNameHold
CLOSE ImportCursor
DEALLOCATE ImportCursor

Answer 1

You can query the number of rows per company without a cursor:
select [Company Name]
, count(*) as RowsPerCompany
from MyDB.dbo.AccountsToImport
group by
[Company Name]
But to call a stored procedure for each row, a cursor is required. You can call any number of stored procedures while looping over the cursor.