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>>... WHERE 1=2
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>Interesting, that works. But, what exactly does that tell SQL Server in order to returns an empty cursor?

In virtually any Database Manager a False expresion should work to give you an empty cursor, .F. doesn't work by casting stuffs, that's why 1=2 works. I've probe this in Oracle, MySQL, FireBird, PostgresSQL, MS-SQLServer, DBFs, Clarion entities.