Hi,
Simplified case:
In a stored procedure I declare a variable then the variable either gets a value or not (the value is actually retrieved from pass XML file).
Then I need to Insert a record and set the value to this column if the value exists, or do not include this column in the Insert (if the value is NULL).
Example that generates error:
DECLARE @Field1Value AS CHAR(10)
INSERT INTO MyTable( Field1) values (COALESCE(@Field1Value, Field1))
So far, the only solution I see is to Insert the record field, get the PK (right after insert using
select @PkValue = SCOPE_IDENTITY() ). And then UPDATE the record where COALESCE() can be used.
Can anybody see/suggest an approach of doing it all in one Insert (instead of Insert and Update)?
TIA
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