Create Stored Procedure In IF-structure

Hi everyone,

I'm currently struggeling in creating some SQL script to create stored procedures. I found the following example on MSDN:




Code SnippetUSE pubs
IF EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sysobjects
WHERE name = 'au_info2' AND type = 'P')
DROP PROCEDURE au_info2
GO
USE pubs
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE au_info2
@lastname varchar(30) = 'D%',
@firstname varchar(18) = '%'
AS
SELECT au_lname, au_fname, title, pub_name
FROM authors a INNER JOIN titleauthor ta
ON a.au_id = ta.au_id INNER JOIN titles t
ON t.title_id = ta.title_id INNER JOIN publishers p
ON t.pub_id = p.pub_id
WHERE au_fname LIKE @firstname
AND au_lname LIKE @lastname
GO






The thing is, I want to change and use it like this:

Code SnippetUSE pubsIF NOT EXISTS (SELECT name FROM sysobjects
CREATE PROCEDURE ...USE pubsGOALTER PROCEDURE au_info2 ...
But that does not seem to work.. I get the following error:
Code SnippetIncorrect syntax near the keyword 'PROCEDURE'
Any idea's? Any help is appreciated!
Kind regards,
Frederik