This article discusses the ā€œDROP IF EXISTSā€ statement available in SQL Server 2016 and later versions. ā€œIF EXITSā€ is the latest optional clause added in the existing DROP statement in SQL Server 2016 ...
The IF...ELSE statement in MS SQL Server is used to execute a block of code if a condition is true. If the condition is false, another block of code can be executed ...
In SQL Server, we can omit ";" for SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT or DELETE statement, but it looks we cannot omit ";" in MERGE statement. SQL Server MERGE statement needs an explicit ";"(semi-colon) at the ...