>>>>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.

Try now

>

SELECT  cust.customer, COUNT(fr.custshipm), count(*) as AllCount, ;
SUM (IIF(ISNULL(fr.CustShipM),0,1)) as OnlyMatchedRates,  ;
SUM (IIF(ISNULL(fr.CustShipM),1,0)) as CustomersNoRates,  ;
>>>   FROM crsAllCust cust;
>>>      LEFT JOIN crsFillRate fr ON cust.customer = fr.custshipm AND EMPTY(fr.PartOrders);
>>>   GROUP BY cust.customer