Return a value if no rows are found in Microsoft tSQL

This is similar to Adam Robinson's, but uses ISNULL instead of COUNT.

SELECT ISNULL(
(SELECT 1 FROM Sites S
WHERE S.Id = @SiteId and S.Status = 1 AND 
      (S.WebUserId = @WebUserId OR S.AllowUploads = 1)), 0)

If the inner query has a matching row, then 1 is returned. The outer query (with ISNULL) then returns this value of 1. If the inner query has no matching row, then it doesn't return anything. The outer query treats this like a NULL, and so the ISNULL ends up returning 0.

SELECT CASE WHEN COUNT(1) > 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [Value]

FROM Sites S

WHERE S.Id = @SiteId and S.Status = 1 AND 
      (S.WebUserId = @WebUserId OR S.AllowUploads = 1)

This might be a dead horse, another way to return 1 row when no rows exist is to UNION another query and display results when non exist in the table.

SELECT S.Status, COUNT(s.id) AS StatusCount
FROM Sites S
WHERE S.Id = @SiteId
GROUP BY s.Status
UNION ALL --UNION BACK ON TABLE WITH NOT EXISTS
SELECT 'N/A' AS Status, 0 AS StatusCount
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
   FROM Sites S
   WHERE S.Id = @SiteId
) 

Something like:

if exists (select top 1 * from Sites S where S.Id IS NOT NULL AND S.Status = 1 AND (S.WebUserId = @WebUserId OR S.AllowUploads = 1))
    select 1
else
    select 0

I read all the answers here, and it took a while to figure out what was going on. The following is based on the answer by Moe Sisko and some related research

If your SQL query does not return any data there is not a field with a null value so neither ISNULL nor COALESCE will work as you want them to. By using a sub query, the top level query gets a field with a null value, and both ISNULL and COALESCE will work as you want/expect them to.

My query

select isnull(
 (select ASSIGNMENTM1.NAME
 from dbo.ASSIGNMENTM1
 where ASSIGNMENTM1.NAME = ?)
, 'Nothing Found') as 'ASSIGNMENTM1.NAME'

My query with comments

select isnull(
--sub query either returns a value or returns nothing (no value)
 (select ASSIGNMENTM1.NAME
 from dbo.ASSIGNMENTM1
 where ASSIGNMENTM1.NAME = ?)
 --If there is a value it is displayed 
 --If no value, it is perceived as a field with a null value, 
 --so the isnull function can give the desired results
, 'Nothing Found') as 'ASSIGNMENTM1.NAME'