-# my $num_others =
-# scalar_sql( $r, [qw( country state state county county taxname taxname )],
-# "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cust_main_county
-# WHERE country = ?
-# AND ( state = ? OR ( state IS NULL AND ? = '' ) )
-# AND ( county = ? OR ( county IS NULL AND ? = '' ) )
-# AND ( taxname = ? OR ( taxname IS NULL AND ? = '' ) ) "
-# );
-#
-# die "didn't even find self?" unless $num_others;
-