If you just want the count of scratch tapes, and only have one library, you can run "select count(*) from libvolumes where status='Scratch'" to see how many scratch tapes you have. Nick Cassimatis [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who laughs last has a good backup. Mark Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED] UNWIRED.COM> To Sent by: "ADSM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dist Stor cc Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU> Re: no status of empty when querying volume 06/22/2004 11:18 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I can't take credit for this. I believe someone on the list came up with it or I used Excel with ODBC to come up with it (I stink at select queries), I put it into a script I call scratch_query. First it gives the number of scratch tapes then it list them. Select library_name, count(*) from libvolumes where status='Scratch' group by library_name SELECT LIBVOLUMES.LIBRARY_NAME, LIBVOLUMES.VOLUME_NAME, LIBVOLUMES.STATUS,LIBVOLUMES.HOME_ELEMENT FROM LIBVOLUMES LIBVOLUMES WHERE (LIBVOLUMES.STATUS='Scratch') ORDER BY LIBVOLUMES.VOLUME_NAME Hope it helps. Mark Bertrand
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