String.IsNullOrEmpty like function for VARCHARs in SQL?

Question

Say I\'ve got a function or stored procedure that takes in several VARCHAR parameters. I\'ve gotten tired of writing SQL like this to test if these parameters have a value:

Answer 1

I realize this is an old question, but this is what I use in MSSQL: LEN(ISNULL(@asdf, ''))>0

Example:

DECLARE @asdf varchar(10)
SET @asdf = NULL --You can change this value to test different outputs

BEGIN IF LEN(ISNULL(@asdf, '')) > 0
   PRINT @asdf
ELSE
   PRINT 'IS NullOrEmpty'
END

--You can use it inline like this:
PRINT CASE LEN(ISNULL(@asdf, '')) WHEN 0 THEN 'IS NullOrEmpty' ELSE @asdf END

I think this is simpler and more straight forward than the other solutions because it is literally checking if the string is null or has a length of 0.