SQL Server/T-SQL/Transact SQL/Code Block
Grouping Code into Blocks
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> drop procedure spInsertDate
3> GO
1>
2> --Grouping Code into Blocks
3>
4> CREATE PROC spInsertDate
5> @myDate datetime = NULL
6> AS
7> DECLARE @InsertedDate smalldatetime
8> IF DATEDIFF(dd,@myDate, GETDATE()) > 7
9> BEGIN
10> SELECT @InsertedDate = NULL
11> PRINT "Invalid Date"
12> PRINT "Supplied Date was greater than 7 days old."
13> PRINT "The value has been reset to NULL"
14> END
15> ELSE
16> BEGIN
17> SELECT @InsertedDate = CONVERT(datetime,(CONVERT(varchar,@myDate,112)))
18> PRINT "The Time of Day in Date was truncated"
19> END
20> INSERT INTO Employee (start_date) VALUES (@InsertedDate)
21> GO
1>
2> DECLARE @MyDateV smalldatetime
3> SELECT @MyDateV = GETDATE()
4> EXEC spInsertDate @myDate = @MyDateV
5> GO
The Time of Day in Date was truncated
(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
NULL NULL NULL 2006-10-09 00:00:00.000 NULL NULL
(10 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table employee
3> GO
When multiple lines of code follow an IF statement it is best to wrap the lines in a BEGIN. . . END block
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> -- When multiple lines of code follow an IF statement it is best to wrap the lines in a BEGIN. . . END block.
3>
4>
5> CREATE PROCEDURE myProc
6> @City nVarChar(50) = NULL
7> AS
8> IF @City IS NULL
9> BEGIN
10> Print "Print all"
11> SELECT * from employee
12> END
13> ELSE
14> BEGIN
15> Print "Print some"
16> SELECT * FROM Employee where city = @City
17> END
18> GO
1>
2> EXECUTE myProc "Vancouver"
3> GO
Print some
ID name salary start_date city region
----------- ---------- ----------- ----------------------- ---------- ------
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
(3 rows affected)
1>
2> EXECUTE myProc NULL
3> GO
Print all
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> drop procedure myProc
3> drop table employee
4> GO
1>