Its very frequent that we need to check whether particular store procedure exist in database or not?<\/p>\n
If stored procedure exist then delete the stored procedure, otherwise we have to toggle between Create Procedure and Alter Procedure.<\/p>\n
Below is the SQL to delete the stored procedure if exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n How to drop the stored procedure in SQL Server if exist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"jz_research_post":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[333,292],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sql","category-sqlserver","tag-sql","tag-sql-server"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":504,"url":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/sql\/drop-function-if-exist-sql-server\/","url_meta":{"origin":454,"position":0},"title":"Drop Function if exist – SQL Server","author":"Jitendra","date":"July 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Drop the user define function from database if it exists.","rel":"","context":"In "SQL"","block_context":{"text":"SQL","link":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/category\/sql\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5824,"url":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/sql\/sqlserver\/sql-server-create-folders-using-t-sql-ole-automation\/","url_meta":{"origin":454,"position":1},"title":"SQL Server \u2013 Create Folders using T-SQL & OLE automation","author":"Jitendra","date":"November 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Tutorial to create folders in SQL Server using Transact-SQL and OLE Automation Stored Procedures","rel":"","context":"In "SQL Server"","block_context":{"text":"SQL Server","link":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/category\/sql\/sqlserver\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SQL Server \u2013 Create Folders using T-SQL & OLE automation","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SQL-Server-%E2%80%93-Create-Folders-using-T-SQL-OLE-automation.png?fit=1200%2C580&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SQL-Server-%E2%80%93-Create-Folders-using-T-SQL-OLE-automation.png?fit=1200%2C580&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SQL-Server-%E2%80%93-Create-Folders-using-T-SQL-OLE-automation.png?fit=1200%2C580&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SQL-Server-%E2%80%93-Create-Folders-using-T-SQL-OLE-automation.png?fit=1200%2C580&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SQL-Server-%E2%80%93-Create-Folders-using-T-SQL-OLE-automation.png?fit=1200%2C580&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2861,"url":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/sql\/pagination-and-switch-case-in-where-clause-sql-server\/","url_meta":{"origin":454,"position":2},"title":"Pagination and Switch Case in Where clause – SQL Server","author":"Jitendra","date":"May 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Example of using pagination and switch case in where clause in SQL server","rel":"","context":"In "SQL"","block_context":{"text":"SQL","link":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/category\/sql\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SQL Server Employee Table","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SQL-Server-Employee-Table.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5882,"url":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/sql\/sqlserver\/sql-server-read-all-files-in-directory-and-store-in-table\/","url_meta":{"origin":454,"position":3},"title":"SQL Server – Read all files in directory and store in Table","author":"Jitendra","date":"January 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"T-SQL Script to read all files in directory and store back in table - 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