Question

A user can search for a customer by Firstname, LastName and optionally entering a City.

Is it possible to write a SQL that matches on CITY only if the user entered one w/o using dynamic SQL?

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[SearchCustomer]
@FirstName varchar(30) --REQUIRED
@LastName varchar(30)--REQUIRED
@City varchar(30)  --OPTIONAL
AS
SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER C WHERE
C.FirstName = @FirstName AND
C.LastName = @LastName AND
C.City = IsNull(@City, C.City) --This won't Work if CITY is optional in the database

Answer 1

Try:

(@City is null OR C.City = @City)