Better and faster alternative for count(*)

I want to check whether empno=1234 exists in emp table
Currently I am using in proc
      select count(*) into cnt from emp
                     where empno=1234
    if cnt>1 then exists otherwise no exists.
    Is there any better way to do the same.?

user11253970 wrote:
I want to check whether empno=1234 exists in emp table
Is there any better way to do the same.?http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1525380674899
select count(*)
from dual
where exists ( select NULL
from emp
where sal = 5000 );Faster still is to not count at all
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1525380674899#34907832120350
Just process the data and take appropriate action if nothing was processed.

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