SQL Server variable scope in a stored procedure

Question

I would like to declare a variable within an if/else statement in a SQL Server stored procedure. I understand that this is fairly impossible because SQL Server doesn\'t do m

Answer 1

You could resort to using dynamic SQL:

if exists (x)
begin
    exec sp_executesql N'
        declare @bob int
        set @bob = 1
    ';
end
else
begin
    exec sp_executesql N'
        declare @bob int
        set @bob = 2
    ';
end