Question : MSSQL Select and Insert with a return value

Using the code below works when no record exists in Table1 it correctly returns MainID but if the record already exists it returns a NULL.

         
          IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT MainID FROM table1 WHERE device LIKE 'TEST') INSERT INTO table1 (device) VALUES ('TEST') SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() as MainID

Answer : MSSQL Select and Insert with a return value

Other alternatives you could look at:

http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp
http://winmerge.org/
http://www.grigsoft.com/wincmp3.htm

~bp

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Question : MSSQL Select and Insert with a return value

Using the code below works when no record exists in Table1 it correctly returns MainID but if the record already exists it returns a NULL. 1: IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT MainID FROM table1 WHERE device LIKE 'TEST') INSERT INTO table1 (device) VALUES ('TEST') SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() as MainID

Answer : MSSQL Select and Insert with a return value

Other alternatives you could look at:http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asphttp://winmerge.org/http://www.grigsoft.com/wincmp3.htm~bp

Using the code below works when no record exists in Table1 it correctly returns MainID but if the record already exists it returns a NULL.

1:

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT MainID FROM table1 WHERE device LIKE 'TEST') INSERT INTO table1 (device) VALUES ('TEST') SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() as MainID

Other alternatives you could look at:

http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp
http://winmerge.org/
http://www.grigsoft.com/wincmp3.htm

~bp