Incorrect Syntax: Create Procedure must be the only statement in the batch

Question

This question has been asked before but it all involved using "go" which I am not in need of here, at least I believe so.

I am following this tut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xMGwiV5A6o, near the 1:25 mark exactly. And his seems to execute while mine doesn't.

    Select * From Snacks

    Create Proc spGetSnackByID
    @Id int
    as

    Begin
    Select Id, Name, Location
    from Snacks where Id = @Id
    End

Here is the exact error, being highlighted with the "BEGIN" statement:

"Msg 111, Level 15, State 1, Procedure spGetSnackByID, Line 7 'CREATE/ALTER PROCEDURE' must be the first statement in a query batch."

Answer 1

If you want to keep the script as it is (select followed by a create procedure), you can construct the creation of the stored procedure in a NVARCHAR and EXECUTE it using sp_executesql. This way the CREATE statement is the first statement. Like this:

Select * From Snacks

EXECUTE sp_executesql N'
  Create Proc spGetSnackByID
  @Id int
  as
  Begin
    Select Id, Name, Location
    from Snacks where Id = @Id
  End
';