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So that's exactly how I'm doing it right now. I assume this is the correct and most efficient way of handling it?
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So that's exactly how I'm doing it right now. I assume this is the correct and most efficient way of handling it?

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I'm sure there are other ways, but this is the way I'd do it. <br />
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btw Did you really want to throw an error, which would involve RAISEERROR, or just handle it?
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I'm sure there are other ways, but this is the way I'd do it.

btw Did you really want to throw an error, which would involve RAISEERROR, or just handle it?

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If this stored proc is run from Excel VBA, I want the user to see the error message I give.
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If this stored proc is run from Excel VBA, I want the user to see the error message I give.

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I'm creating a stored proc with a variable @AsOfDate as date. Now, I only want to accept the input date if it is within 3 days of today, otherwise it should not accept it and throw an error. Currently I'm doing this with a IF/ELSE statement. Is there a better way of handling this?<br />
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I'm using SQL 2012
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I'm creating a stored proc with a variable @AsOfDate as date. Now, I only want to accept the input date if it is within 3 days of today, otherwise it should not accept it and throw an error. Currently I'm doing this with a IF/ELSE statement. Is there a better way of handling this?

I'm using SQL 2012

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