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Jay Potter
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What is the best way to test for data being retrieved so that if there isn't any data I can display a screen saying that there isn't any data instead of the response that looks like an error.

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Danny-SRL
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Jay,

At the end of the report, after the END statement, you can add a test on the variable &RECORDS. Something like this:
  
...
END
-RUN
-IF &RECORDS GT 0 GOTO #DONE;
-HTMLFORM BEGIN
No records retrieved
-HTMLFORM END
-#DONE


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I would suggest using &LINEs and not &RECORDS, as the &RECORDS indicates the number retrieved, and &LINES the number after sorting aggregation and WHERE TOTAL tests.


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Unless your HOLDing your data before attempting to produce a report, also make sure EMPTYREPORT is set to OFF for your control logic on &LINES to kick in appropriately. EMPTYREPORT ON/ANSI does force the creation of report output so by the time you're evaluating &LINES it may be too late for your NO DATA message to be displayed (this is most likely to happen in PDF output).


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SriAravind
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You can display the error message with appropriate details for your selected input parameters as below:

  
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.
.
-*After the end of report
-IF &LINES EQ 0 THEN GOTO NODATA;
-ELSE GOTO THEEND;

-NODATA
-SET &ERRMSG1 = 'There is no data retrieved for your given parameters.';
-SET &ERRMSG2 = 'Input 1:' | &ip1;
-SET &ERRMSG3 = 'Input 2:' | &ip2;

-GOTO ERRORMSG

-ERRORMSG

-HTMLFORM BEGIN
<HTML>
<BODY>
<P> &ERRMSG1 </P>
<P> &ERRMSG2 </P>
<P> &ERRMSG3 </P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
-HTMLFORM END

-THEEND
END

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Jay Potter
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Thank you for all of the suggestions. I went with the &LINES suggestion. I then display a report with our company header and a line indicating that no information was pulled.


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