Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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Develop > Programming Guide > System Language reference > List: rtecalls > rtecall("recordexists") function

rtecall("recordexists") function

Specifies whether any records exist that match a particular query regardless of any Mandanten data restrictions. This call does not return any records from the query.

Function

rtecall("recordexists")

Format

$Lexists=rtecall("recordexists", $L.rc, $L.filename, $L.query)

Parameters

The following parameters are valid for the rtecall("recordexists") function:

Parameter	Data type	Description
"recordexists"	String	Determines the name of the RTE call, in this case "recordexists".
$L.rc	String	Provides a more detailed return code. This parameter is not currently used but is reserved for future use.
$L.filename	String	The name of the Service Manager table to query. For example, contacts or probsummary.
$L.query	String	The query to be run. The query can be true, false, a string, or a parsed expression. This query ignores all Mandanten restrictions.

Factors

The call returns true if at least one record matches the query.

The call returns false if there are no records that match the query.

Example

rtecall( "recordexists", $L.rc, "contacts", true )

Returns true if there are any records in the contacts table.

rtecall( "recordexists", $L.rc, "device", "logical.name=\"pc001\"" )

Returns true if there is a record in the device table with a logical name of pc001 regardless of whether the current user has access to the record or not.

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