How to execute statements under given conditions in SQL Server Transact-SQL? How to use IF ... ELSE statements?

You can use IF ... ELSE statements to execute statements under given conditions in Transact-SQL using these syntaxes:

IF condition statement_1

IF condition statement_1
ELSE statement_2

IF condition 
   -- statement_block_1
   BEGIN
      ... statements ...
   END

IF condition
   -- statement_block_1
   BEGIN
      ... statements ...
   END
ELSE
   -- statement_block_2
   BEGIN
      ... statements ...
   END

When a IF...ELSE statement is executed, the system will:

• Evaluate the "condition" and decide what to do next.
• If the result of the "condition" is true, the statement_1 or statement_block_1 is executed.
• If the result of the "condition" is false, the statement_2 or statement_block_2 is executed unless it is not provided.

Here is an example on how to use IF ... ELSE conditional statements:

IF DATENAME(weekday, GETDATE()) IN ('Saturday', 'Sunday') 
   BEGIN
      PRINT 'It''s a weekend.';
      PRINT 'You can stay home.';
   END 
ELSE 
   BEGIN
      PRINT 'It''s a weekday.';
      PRINT 'You need to go to work.';
   END

⇒ "IF ... ELSE IF ..." Statement Structures in SQL Server

⇐ BEGIN ... END Statement Blocks in SQL Server Transact-SQL

⇑ Conditional Statements and Loops in SQL Server in SQL Server Transact-SQL

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