Cheers LowFatSpread.
As a point of interest why doesnt it work, when the following does?
Set @RecordCount = (Select Top 1 ID From OrganizationList)
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Browse All TopicsWhen I run the following:
Declare @RecordCount int
Set @RecordCount = (Select Count(ID) From OrganizationList)
I get the following error:
Server: Msg 8624, Level 16, State 13, Line 2
Internal SQL Server error.
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hmmm strange
just tried
set nocount on
select 1 as [id] into #temp
--delete from #temp where [id] =1
declare @recordcount int
--Set @RecordCount = (Select Top 1 ID From #temp)
set @recordcount = (select count(id) from #temp)
print 'start'
print @recordcount
print 'theend'
drop table #temp
and it works in sql 7
which version / edition are you using?
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86)
Its my view that I am pulling the data from, rather complex.
It works on any standard table or simple view.
I think it must be related to the:
http://support.microsoft.c
Thanks anyway
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by: LowfatspreadPosted on 2004-01-17 at 05:05:11ID: 10135853
Hi Makr_Watson27,
select @recordCount=count([id]) from organizationlist
Cheers!