Question

Lets say I have a stored procedure which has a simple IF block. If the performed check meets the criteria, then I want to stop the procedure from further execution.

What is the best way to do this?

Here is the code:

IF EXISTS (<Preform your Check>)
BEGIN
    // NEED TO STOP STORED PROCEDURE EXECUTION
END
ELSE
BEGIN
    INSERT ()...
END

Thanks for any help with this!

Answer 1

Just make a call to RETURN:

IF EXISTS (<some condition>)
BEGIN
    // NEED TO STOP STORED PROCEDURE EXECUTION
    RETURN
END

This will return the control back to the caller immediately – it skips everything else in the proc.