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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>We are trying to find a way to programmatically determine (i.e., in a batch file-no user interaction) whether any given filePro database contains one or more records (Windows environment, fP 5.7). Our first thought was to use fpSQL to run a query like the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Set lines 1,1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Set output ‘results.txt’<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Select count(*) from [filename]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And then read results.txt. This works if the database contains records, but if not, fpsql gives a messagebox saying “the file ‘[filename]’ is empty”, and then sits waiting for the user to press ENTER. Further, it appears that FPSQL does not respect PFMBTO (which would bypass this message after a set period of time).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We also thought about checking to see if the size of key/data is zero, however this wouldn’t work if dexpand had been run.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any suggestions?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bob Haussmann<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>