>>>>The variable _tally indicates if SQL Select found any records. However, if the SQL Select has SUM() function _tally returns value of 1, even though there were no records matching WHERE.
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>>>>What do you recommend to use, instead of _tally, to check if SQL Select found records?
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>>>>Thank you.
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>>>Add one column, count(1) as nTally.
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>>I will think about this, although, this may slow the query (maybe not significantly though). I found a solution, I think. The resulting value of SUM() function has NULL if no records match the WHERE clause.
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>>Thank you.
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>Checking for .null. is the "correct" way, I did not read your message carefully. Anyway, adding "count(1) as ntally" will only make a marginal change to the select speed, if at all measurable.
Thank you for confirming the "correct" approach.
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