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

You could drop the table before SELECTing INTO it in both cases., e.g.:

DECLARE @Id int 
SET @Id = 1  

IF (@Id = 2) BEGIN  
    IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#MyTestTable') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #MyTestTable
    SELECT 'ABC' AS Letters 
    INTO #MyTestTable; 
END ELSE BEGIN 
    IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#MyTestTable') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #MyTestTable 
    SELECT 'XYZ' AS Letters 
    INTO #MyTestTable; 
END 

Update After Comment:

That's annoying.

How about two separate temp tables? Then after the If/Else login, check for the existence of each one and if it exists, select into a third temp table? That may not perform great, but whether that matters or not depends on what you need this for.