>I see You already got your answer, but, wouldn't this work?
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>local laTotal(1)
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>laTotal[1] = 0
>select SUM(JN6.nJN6_3) ... Into array laTotal
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>* If there were no records "tallied", laTotal would still be 0
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>LcMessage = "Amount of it is " + Transform(laTotal[1])
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on VFP9 aggregate functions, a value returns always, eventually NULL.

Fabio