You are addicted. (^.^)

Basically I agree with you. But the originator of this thread mixed up records with cursors so I tried to keep it simple.

there are numerous ways like

	create cursor Schnaps;
	(	a	c(1), ;
		b	c(1),; 
		c	c(1) ;
	)
	insert into Schnaps values ('', 'x', 'y')
	insert into Schnaps values ('', 'x', 'y')
	insert into Schnaps values ('a', 'x', 'y')
	insert into Schnaps values ('b', 'x', 'y')
	insert into Schnaps values ('c', 'x', 'y')
	
	select count(*)  as nCnt;
		from Schnaps ;
		into cursor SchnapsTmp;
		where empty(a)

               select Schnaps
	
	&& report cursor = Schnaps, use SchnapsTmp.nCnt as field in summary

Agnes