IF/ELSE Stored Procedure

Question

Can anyone please point out what im doing wrong with this Stored Procedure please. I cant get it to compile and my software isnt giving any useful clues as to what is wrong with it.

CREATE PROCEDURE web.createSubscriptions
   (
   @Member_Id BIGINT,
   @Trans_type VARCHAR(100),
   @Payment_Status VARCHAR(100),
   @Payment_Date DATETIME,
   @Trans_Id VARCHAR(100)
   )

AS
DECLARE @tmpType VARCHAR(15)
BEGIN

INSERT INTO TBL_SUBSCRIPTIONS (subs_MemberID, subs_Type, subs_Status, subs_DateGenerated, subs_PaypalTransaction) VALUES(@Member_Id, @Trans_Type, @Payment_Status, @Payment_Date, @Trans_Id)

IF(@Trans_type = 'subscr_signup')
    BEGIN
    @tmpType = 'premium'
    END
ELSE(@Trans_type = 'subscr_cancel')
    BEGIN
    @tmpType = 'basic'
    END

UPDATE TBL_MEMBERS
SET members_Type = @tmpType
WHERE members_Id = @Member_Id

END

Answer 1

Nick is right. The next error is the else should be else if (you currently have a boolean expression in your else which makes no sense). Here is what it should be

ELSE IF(@Trans_type = 'subscr_cancel')
    BEGIN
    SET @tmpType = 'basic'
    END

You currently have the following (which is wrong):

ELSE(@Trans_type = 'subscr_cancel')
    BEGIN
    SET @tmpType = 'basic'
    END

Here's a tip for the future- double click on the error and SQL Server management Studio will go to the line where the error resides. If you think SQL Server gives cryptic errors (which I don't think it does), then you haven't worked with Oracle!