One of my colleague was asking a follow up question on my earlier post DROP IF EXISTS – A handy feature in SQL Server 2016

Do we have something similar for Creating objects?
The good news is that we have “CREATE or ALTER” in SQL Server 2016 to address our long waiting requirement. However, this will not be available in RTM, but only from SP1 and above.

Applies to : SQL Server 2016 SP1 or later versions

Here is a small script to demonstrate the same.
SQL Script:

--Creating the procedure first time
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE SP_TEST
AS
BEGIN
	SELECT 2
END
GO
EXEC SP_TEST
GO
--Altering the procedure 
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE SP_TEST
AS
BEGIN
	SELECT 200
END
GO
EXEC SP_TEST

Note: This can also be used for Functions, Views and Triggers objects as well.