[erlang-questions] How best to return db query

[Sergej Jurečko]

An empty result to a db query is not an error.

Sergej
On Feb 7, 2016 7:38 PM, <lloyd@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have this mnesia query:
>
>
> get_note(ID) ->
>     Query =
>         fun() ->
>             mnesia:read({?TABLE, ID})
>         end,
>     {atomic, Results} = mnesia:transaction(Query),
>     Results.
>
> It returns either a list containing one or more valid records or an empty
> list.
>
> Would it be better to return something like:
>
> {ok, Records} | {error, data_not_found}
>
> Thanks,
>
> LRP
>
>
>
>
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