>>Ye-gads,
>>Now we can no longer test the result of a query. RECCOUNT() will fail if the query is fully optimisable, because reccount() will return the number of records in the underlying table - unless you specify the NOFILTER clause which will slow it down.
>>So some time ago I stopped using RECCOUNT() and always used _TALLY. Now it's a dud there's nothing reliable left!
>>:-((
>
>"count to memvar" works

That's right. Good one Albert. Could be slower though.
Thanks