IF EXISTS, THEN SELECT ELSE INSERT AND THEN SELECT

Question

How do you say the following in Microsoft SQL Server 2005:

IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM Table WHERE FieldValue=\'\') THEN
   SELECT TableID FROM Table WHERE Fiel         


        

Answer 1

You were close:

IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM Table WHERE FieldValue='')
   SELECT TableID FROM Table WHERE FieldValue=''
ELSE
BEGIN
   INSERT INTO TABLE (FieldValue) VALUES ('')
   SELECT TableID FROM Table WHERE TableID=SCOPE_IDENTITY()
END