Python, how to check if a result set is empty?

Question

I have a sql statement that returns no hits. For example, \'select * from TAB where 1 = 2\'.

I want to check how many rows are returned,

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Answer 1

For reference, cursor.rowcount will only return on CREATE, UPDATE and DELETE statements:

 |  rowcount
 |      This read-only attribute specifies the number of rows the last DML statement
 |      (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) affected.  This is set to -1 for SELECT statements.