T-SQL: check if variable is null

Question

I'm wondering if there is a way to check if variable @varChar is NULL and variable @bit is 0.

My attempt:

if ISNULL(@varChar, false) and (@bit = 0) 
begin
    RAISERROR ('varchar was not specified', 16,1);
end

My problem is that ISNULL(check_if_null, replacement_value) does not work like this, and I can not find an alternative.

Answer 1

You could use IS NULL:

IF @varCHAR IS NULL AND @bit = 0
BEGIN
    RAISERROR ('varchar was not specified', 16,1);
END

Another approach is:

DECLARE @varCHAR VARCHAR(MAX) = NULL;

IF ISNULL(@varCHAR,'false') = 'false' AND @bit = 0
    RAISERROR ('varchar was not specified', 16,1);