>>I'm not sure I uderstand your question. Anyway, why don't you use

>>SELECT COUNT(*) WHERE < condition > INTO ARRAY laCount
>>* or
>>COUNT FOR < condition >

?
>
>As soon as I sent you my message/question, I thought about the same, why not use COUNT(*). This way, no cursor is created and there will be only one element in the resulting array. I have not thought about COUNT FOR approach. It is probably RUSHMORE optimized too so it should work.

Yes, COUNT FOR will be RUSHMORE optimized if FOR condition is optimizable.