Hi,

I have a procedure that does MERGE. however I have new changes, please see below, these are some of the variables I have:

CREATE PROCEDURE procedure_name
@procedureNameID  OUT
@MemberID
@StudentID
@ErrorCode      OUT
@ErrorDesc      OUT
AS
BEGIN

BEGIN TRY

END TRY

BEGIN CATCH
END CATCH

END

I am getting Member and Student ID as parameters, but I want to Test them first to see if they exist in my tables, if they don't, I want the procedure and I want it return a message that Member or Student ID does not exist.

I have to test MemerID alone first;

IF(    SELECT MemberID
      FROM database.dbo.view_MyView
       WHERE MemberID = @MemberID ) IS NULL

If MemberID is null, I have to throw an error and return the @MemberID with a message back to the users that the @MemberID they sent doesn't exist, the same with StudentID.

I've been trying RAISERROR but I don't been to get it right, instead it runs the whole proc. please help.

Try something like this

BEGIN TRY
    IF NOT EXISTS (
            SELECT 1
            FROM dbo.view_MyView
            WHERE MemberID = @MemberID
            )
    BEGIN
        THROW 50000
            ,'MemberId does not exist'
            ,1;
    END
END TRY

BEGIN CATCH
    THROW
END CATCH

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What severity are you using in your RAISERROR?

It sounds like you don't have your BEGIN/END statements placed properly. You should never be able to process both sides of an IF...THEN...ELSE statement.

Also, I would use IF NOT EXISTS ( <subquery> ) rather than IF ( <subquery> ) IS NULL, for several reasons.
1) It's more widely used.
2) It's more accurate. It can distinguish between failing to return a record and returning a record whose column contains a NULL value.
3) It doesn't fail if the subquery returns multiple records
4) It doesn't fail if the subquery returns multiple fields.

Drew

J. Drew Allen
Business Intelligence Analyst
Philadelphia, PA

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