Send sql server job alert only when a query has rows to return

I have a query that checks if we've made sales of a particular stock item

select * from merchand_history where stock_code = 'zzz007' and create_timestamp >= getdate() order by create_timestamp desc

I'd like to have a sql job that emails a user (I guess using the alert mechanism) but only if there are rows returned by that query.

I can't think how to do this and submit to the hivemind. I really need a sql only solution...

Try building a stored procedure something like below and schedule it to run as a job:

create procedure [dbo].[sp_send_merchant_email] 
as


Begin

declare @recordCount int 


select @recordCount = isnull(count(*), 0)
from merchand_history 
where stock_code = 'zzz007' and create_timestamp >= getdate() 
order by create_timestamp desc



IF (@recordCount > 0)
begin



EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
    @profile_name = 'YourProfile',
    @recipients = '[email protected]',
    @query = 'select * from merchand_history 
                where stock_code = ''zzz007'' and create_timestamp >= getdate() 
                order by create_timestamp desc' ,
      @subject = 'Merchant Email ',
       @Body = 'Email Merchant..... ' ,
    @attach_query_result_as_file = 1 ;

End
else
begin

      EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
      @profile_name = 'YourProfile',
       @recipients = '[email protected]', 
            @BODY = 'No data returned ', 
            @subject = 'Merchant Email'

End
End;