>What is the general concensus about using the global variables such as _tally.
>
>select * from sometable into cursor somecursor
>...
>if _tally>0
>
>verses
>
>select * from sometable into cursor somecursor
>...
>if reccount("somecursor")>0
_tally is really a FP system variable, so there's nothing wrong with using it, except that it must be used *immediately* after a query to guarantee correctness...
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
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