SQL Insert Into Temp Table in both If and Else Blocks

Question

I\'m trying to populate a temp table based on the result of a condition in SQL 2005. The temp table will have the same structure either way, but will be populated using a d

Answer 1

In the scenario you provide you could do this

DECLARE @Id int
SET @Id = 1

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#MyTestTable') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #MyTestTable

SELECT 
  CASE WHEN (@Id = 2) 
    THEN 'ABC' 
    ELSE 'XYZ' 
  END AS Letters
INTO #MyTestTable;

But otherwise you will need to create the table before the if statement like this

Create Table #MyTestTable (
  MyValue varchar(3)
)
IF (@Id = 2) BEGIN 
  Insert Into (MyValue)
  SELECT 'ABC' AS Letters;
END ELSE BEGIN
  Insert Into (MyValue)
  SELECT 'XYZ' AS Letters;
END