James,

From BOL: "The CREATE PROCEDURE statement cannot be combined with other Transact-SQL statements in a single batch". The same is true for ALTER PROCEDURE.

>I am trying to check for the existance of a procedure and if it exists I want to alter it. If not I want to create it. When I place this code in the Query Analyzer of MSFT I get an error saying there is a problem near Procedure in line 2. Does anyone know why?
>
>If I delete all lines except for the IF and add in a DROP PROCEDURE prGetEqId it works. If I just put in the Alter Procedure it works.
>
>If I put in a BEGIN/END after the IF I get an error.
>
>
>Thanks for any assistance in advance.
>
>Jim
>
>HERE IS THE CODE:
>
>IF exists(select * from sysobjects where id = object_id('prGetEqId') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id,'IsProcedure')=1)
>Alter Procedure prGetEqId
> @Make varchar(50),
> @Model varchar(50)
> as
> SELECT EquipmentId
> FROM Equipment
> WHERE Make = @Make
> and Model = @Model
>ELSE
> Create Procedure prGetEqId
> @Make varchar(50),
> @Model varchar(50)
> as
> SELECT EquipmentId
> FROM Equipment
> WHERE Make = @Make
> and Model = @Model