Question

I realise that this must be a very basic question, but my google-fu seems to be entirely absent at the moment.

What I want to do is, inside a stored procedure:

• Declare a VarChar(1) variable, myVarChar
• Search a table for the value of a corresponding VarChar(1), based on an incoming @myKey argument to the stored procedure, and assign its value to myVarChar
• Perform one of two different Insert statements depending on the new value of myVarChar

As I say, I’m sure this must be quite straightforward, and I apologise for that, but I’m just not seeing the information I want in my searching.

Answer 1

declare @myVarChar varchar(1);

Select @myVarChar=MyCol From MyTable Where MyOtherCol = @myKey;

If @myVarChar = 'A'
Begin
End

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