42359030b483e8b6b4ec32c743b0fff0b52b3e17
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  Wed Sep 6 08:20:00 2023 -0700
improving error message when no regions are output in tb, refs #32061

diff --git src/hg/hgTables/hgTables.c src/hg/hgTables/hgTables.c
index c6b42a2..524cd98 100644
--- src/hg/hgTables/hgTables.c
+++ src/hg/hgTables/hgTables.c
@@ -1371,31 +1371,32 @@
 	    name = posBuf;
 	if (sameString(name, posBuf))
 	    hPrintf("%s", posBuf);
 	else
 	    {
 	    char *tmp = htmlEncode(name);
 	    hPrintf("%s at %s", tmp, posBuf);
 	    freeMem(tmp);
 	    }
 	hPrintf("</A><BR>\n");
 	++count;
 	}
     lmCleanup(&lm);
     }
 if (count == 0)
-    hPrintf(NO_RESULTS);
+    explainWhyNoResults(stdout);
+
 htmlClose();
 }
 
 /* Remove any meta data variables from the cart. (Copied from above!) */
 void removeMetaData()
 {
 cartRemove(cart, "hgta_metaStatus");
 cartRemove(cart, "hgta_metaVersion");
 cartRemove(cart, "hgta_metaDatabases");
 cartRemove(cart, "hgta_metaTables");
 }
 
 void doMetaData(struct sqlConnection *conn)
 /* Get meta data for a database. */
 {