Hi, Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but google doesn't seem to be much help for it. I am using DBI with MySQL and am looking for a way to test if a query returned an empty recordset. For example, I issue the query: 
$rs1 = $db1->prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . $Usern
+ame_POST  . "';");

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Assume that I have the database connection set up correctly. I have tried a statement such as: 
 $rs1->execute;

if($rs1 != 'NULL')
{ report_error("username_exists"); }
else
{ report_error("username does not exist"); }

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I have also tried placing the $rs1->execute; statement after the if statement, but that changed nothing. The if statement always evaluates to true. Will anyone take pitty on my with this question? I would really appreciate any advice. Thanks for reading my problem. Joe

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