Check whether a table contains rows or not sql server 2005

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How to Check whether a table contains rows or not sql server 2005

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FOR the best performance  use specific column name instead of   - for example    SELECT TOP 1  lt columnName gt   FROM  lt tableName gt     This is optimal because  instead of returning the whole list of columns  it is returning just one  That can save some time   Also  returning just first row if there are any values  makes it even faster  Actually you got just one value as the result - if there are any rows  or no value if there is no rows   If you use the table in distributed manner  which is most probably the case  than transporting just one value from the server to the client is much faster   You also should choose wisely among all the columns to get data from a column which can take as less resource as possible

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Can t you just count the rows using select count    from table  or an indexed column instead of   if speed is important    If not then maybe this article can point you in the right direction

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Like Other said you can use something like that   IF NOT EXISTS  SELECT 1 FROM Table    BEGIN      --Do Something   END  ELSE   BEGIN     --Do Another Thing   END

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Fast   SELECT TOP  1  CASE          WHEN   NOT NULL COLUMN   IS NULL             THEN  empty table          ELSE  not empty table          END AS info FROM   TABLE NAME

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For what purpose    Quickest for an IF would be IF EXISTS  SELECT   FROM Table     For a result set  SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM Table returns either zero or one rows For exactly one row with a count  0 or non-zero   SELECT COUNT    FROM Table

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Also  you can use exists  select case when exists  select 1 from table             then  contains rows             else  doesnt contain rows          end   or to check if there are child rows for a particular record    select   from Table t1 where exists  select 1 from ChildTable t2 where t1 id   t2 parentid    or in a procedure  if exists select 1 from table  begin  -- do stuff end

[sql-server-2005] Check whether a table contains rows or not sql server 2005

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