>>Please Note: VFP 8
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>PS: Both queries should return wrong count but I don't know what you really want to count (couldn't visualize).
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>Maybe this one:
>

SELECT  cust.customer, COUNT(fr.custshipm) ;
>   FROM crsAllCust cust;
>      LEFT JOIN crsFillRate fr ON cust.customer = fr.custshipm AND EMPTY(fr.PartOrders);
>   GROUP BY cust.customer

>
>Cetin

The original query actually had COUNT(fr.custshipm). I tested with COUNT(*) and got the same results. And that was the code I cut and pasted. I also tried it with COUNT(*) and COUNT(fr.custshipm) and both fields had the same values.