SQL Server/T-SQL/Sequence/Procedure Existance

Check the existance of a procedure

1> create table employee(
2>     ID          int,
3>     name        nvarchar (10),
4>     salary      int,
5>     start_date  datetime,
6>     city        nvarchar (10),
7>     region      char (1))
8> GO
1>
2> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
3>               values (1,  "Jason", 40420,  "02/01/94", "New York", "W")
4> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (2,  "Robert",14420,  "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (3,  "Celia", 24020,  "12/03/96", "Toronto",  "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (4,  "Linda", 40620,  "11/04/97", "New York", "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (5,  "David", 80026,  "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (6,  "James", 70060,  "09/06/99", "Toronto",  "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (7,  "Alison",90620,  "08/07/00", "New York", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (8,  "Chris", 26020,  "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (9,  "Mary",  60020,  "06/09/02", "Toronto",  "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> select * from employee
3> GO
ID          name       salary      start_date              city       region
----------- ---------- ----------- ----------------------- ---------- ------
          1 Jason            40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York   W
          2 Robert           14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  N
          3 Celia            24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto    W
          4 Linda            40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York   N
          5 David            80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  W
          6 James            70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto    N
          7 Alison           90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York   W
          8 Chris            26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  N
          9 Mary             60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto    W
(9 rows affected)
1>
2> -- Check the existance of a procedure
3>
4> IF EXISTS (SELECT name
5>       FROM   sysobjects
6>       WHERE  name = N"sp_Output_Salary"
7>       AND      type = "P")
8>     DROP PROCEDURE sp_Output_Salary
9> GO
1>
2> CREATE PROCEDURE sp_Output_Salary
3>    @ID int,
4>    @OutSalary money OUTPUT
5> AS
6>    SELECT @OutSalary = salary
7>       FROM employee
8>       WHERE Id = @ID
9>
10>    IF @@ROWCOUNT = 1
11>       RETURN
12>    SET @OutSalary = 0
13>    RETURN 1
14> GO
1>
2>
3> GRANT EXECUTE ON sp_Output_Salary TO PUBLIC
4> GO
1>
2>
3> drop table employee
4> GO
1>