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

DECLARE @t1 TABLE (
    TableID     int         IDENTITY,
    FieldValue  varchar(20)
)

--<< No empty string
IF EXISTS (
    SELECT *
    FROM @t1
    WHERE FieldValue = ''
) BEGIN
    SELECT TableID
    FROM @t1
    WHERE FieldValue=''
END
ELSE BEGIN
    INSERT INTO @t1 (FieldValue) VALUES ('')
    SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() AS TableID
END

--<< A record with an empty string already exists
IF EXISTS (
    SELECT *
    FROM @t1
    WHERE FieldValue = ''
) BEGIN
    SELECT TableID
    FROM @t1
    WHERE FieldValue=''
END
ELSE BEGIN
    INSERT INTO @t1 (FieldValue) VALUES ('')
    SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() AS TableID
END