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

Count(*) inlcudes NULL values into the result and Count(Field) excludes the NULL values. This is the main difference.

So, Count(*) should have included records with no match and count(RightTable.Field) should have only counted records that match.