>What is the equivalent in SQL-server SQL pass-through of NODATA ? I.e how can I force an empty cursor -- efficiently? (This must be a dumb question!)
You can do it by passing a select statement where the WHERE condition is false
ln=SQLCONNECT('northwind')
=SQLEXEC(ln,'select * from employees where 1=0','curresults')
Dan LeClair
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