Using IF ELSE is an option if you want to run or skip a condition in the query to be written. Using if else in Ms Sql is not much different from other programming languages.

The IF ELSE structure is as follows.

IF {bool expression} BEGIN {expression block} END ELSE BEGIN {expression block} END

In the example below, we assign the value of the month number of the current date to a variable named @MONTH and display 1. We print a value depending on the month or not.

DECLARE @MONTH AS INT SELECT @MONTH = MONTH(GETDATE()) IF @MONTH = 1 BEGIN PRINT 'JANUARY'; END ELSE BEGIN PRINT 'WE ARE IN ANOTHER MONTH'; END

Note: In Ms Sql, IF ELSE is generally used in Stored Procedures, functions and triggers.