SQL fetch multiple records and SQLER3

Hey all,

I'm doing an SQLRPGLE select - left outer join on two files and
fetching 13 records at a time to fill a subfile page.

the join has the possibility to have left side records without right
side records, and I'm taking that into account ( - alwnull(*usrctl)
and checking the null indicators of records fetched ).

my problem is that I need to know how many records I fetched so I know
when i'm at EOF.

I've always used SQLER3 to tell me this, but it's not working now.

The first fetch I do, my data structure has 13 records in it, and they
are the records I expected to get, but SQLER3 has 7 in it.

coincidently, record 8 is the first record with nulls in the right
side file fields.

what gives?  It fetched 13 records, but SQLER3 tells me only 7 were fetched.

Any help would be appreciated.

Rick