 	<cfargument name="parameterize" type="any" required="false" hint="See documentation for @findAll.">
 	<cfargument name="includeSoftDeletes" type="boolean" required="false" default="false" hint="See documentation for @findAll.">
 	<cfscript>
+		var returnValue = "";
 		$args(name="count", args=arguments);
 		arguments.type = "COUNT";
 		arguments.property = ListFirst(primaryKey());

			arguments.distinct = true;
		else
			arguments.distinct = false;
	</cfscript>
	<cfreturn $calculate(argumentCollection=arguments)>
</cffunction>

<cffunction name="maximum" returntype="any" access="public" output="false" hint="Calculates the maximum value for a given property. Uses the SQL function `MAX`. If no records can be found to perform the calculation on, a blank string is returned."
	examples=
	'
		<!--- Get the amount of the highest salary for all employees --->

	<cfreturn $calculate(argumentCollection=arguments)>
</cffunction>

<cffunction name="sum" returntype="any" access="public" output="false" hint="Calculates the sum of values for a given property. Uses the SQL function `SUM`. If no records can be found to perform the calculation on you can use the `ifNull` argument to decide what should be returned."
	examples=
	'
		<!--- Get the sum of all salaries --->
