Creating procedure inside IF section

Question

I need some help with simple SQL code:

DECLARE @procExists int
SET @procExists = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES WHERE ROUTINE_SCHEMA = \'d         


        

Answer 1

From MSDN:

The CREATE PROCEDURE statement cannot be combined with other Transact-SQL statements in a single batch.

Therefore, what you are trying to do is not possible, unless you are fine with implementing it via a dynamic query.