Exception when trying to read an empty store

[miraclemaker]

Hi guys I have an application that stores locations to a store. When it starts up I want to check if the user has any locations stored, I'm doing this as follows:

    launch: function() {
        
        //create store ref
        var store = Ext.create('Ext.data.Store', {
            model: 'MyApp.model.Location'
        });
        
        //do we have at least one item in the store?
        MyApp.model.Location.load(1, {
            success: function(location) {
                console.log("Got an item");
            },
            failure: function(record) {
                console.log("Failed to retrieve item");
            }
        });
    }

Basically I'm trying to load the first item and if it is successful do one thing, otherwise do something else. When there is data in the store this works fine, but when the store is empty I get an Exception:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'id' of null

any tips on a better way of doing this?

Thanks!

[mitchellsimoens]

You should be looking at the store to see if there is the record in it, not load a model instance.

[miraclemaker]

Perfect - many thanks mitchellsimoens.