Używanie IF EXISTS z CTE

Od MSDN

Można go przepisać w ten sposób

WITH ADMISSION_OUTSIDE AS 
(   .....
.....
)
SELECT 'OK' WHERE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ADMISSION_OUTSIDE)
UNION ALL
SELECT 'NOT OK' WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM ADMISSION_OUTSIDE)

Oto demo

;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT 1 as a WHERE 1=0
)
SELECT 'OK' WHERE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM CTE)
UNION ALL
SELECT 'NOT OK' WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM CTE)

Wynik: NOT OK

;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT 1 as a WHERE 1=1
)
SELECT 'OK' WHERE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM CTE)
UNION ALL
SELECT 'NOT OK' WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM CTE)

Wynik: OK