Suhas,

if you didnt' have created the array befor SELECT SQL then

IF TYPE('YourArray')='U' THEN
*not created
ENDIF &&TYPE('YourArray')='U'

An other way is to create the array before with the number of columns and one row lenght and fill it with default values.
For example: If the SELECT SQL returns a number in column one you can do something like

LOCAL ARRAY;
 laSQLReturn(1,2)

SELECT;
 nNumber,cString;
 FROM SomeTable;
 INTO ARRAY laSQLReturn

IF VARTYPE(laSQLReturn)='L' THEN
*no value returned
ENDIF &&VARTYPE(laSQLReturn)='L'

HTH Agnes
>hi,
>I am facing a problem
>
>Select into array ...
>
>how do i know that the arrry is created other than the use of _tally ?
>
>TIA
>suhashegde