How do I store the select column in a variable?

Question

How do I store the select column in a variable?

I tried this, but it throws me an error "Incorrect syntax":

declare @EmpId int
SELECT  dbo.Employ         


        

Answer 1

This is how to assign a value to a variable:

SELECT @EmpID = Id
  FROM dbo.Employee

However, the above query is returning more than one value. You'll need to add a WHERE clause in order to return a single Id value.