So, it looks like you can't do a statement like this:<BR><BR>IF <BR> SELECT *<BR> INTO #Temp<BR>ELSE<BR> SELECT *<BR> INTO #Temp<BR> WHERE....<BR><BR>What the best way to work around this?

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I’ve created a script that monitors a table in a SQL Server database. I’m only interested in one column in the table: TimeStamp. If the maximum (newest) value in TimeStamp is more than 30 ...