Display first record in the table by default, no matter what the recordNum?

I have CMS Builder 1.5.

I have a page (news.php) that has a list viewer for the 'news' table on the left hand side. On the same page (on the right), I have page viewer code for any of the news stories chosen from the list viewer.

My client frequently deletes all the news stories and adds new ones. Upon him doing that, my initial view of the page fails by not displaying the first 'news' record in the 'news' table. I get an error "getUploads: no 'recordNum' value specified!".

How do I tell the page reader to read the first record in the database table no matter what the record number is?

I am sure I am doing somethings stupid.

I will paste my code:

lister code:
<!-- STEP1: Load Record List (Paste this above other steps) -->
<?php
require_once "../cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php";
$options = array(); // NOTE: see online documentation for more details on these options
$options['tableName'] = 'news'; // (REQUIRED) MySQL tablename to list record from. Example: 'article';
$options['titleField'] = 'title'; // (optional) MySQL fieldname used in viewer url for search engines. Example: 'title' would display: viewer.php/article_title_here-123
$options['viewerUrl'] = 'news.php'; // (optional) URL of viewer page. Example: '/articles/view.php';
$options['perPage'] = ''; // (optional) The number of records to display per page. Example: '5'; Defaults to 10.
$options['orderBy'] = 'menu_order'; // (optional) Fieldnames to sort by. Example: 'field1, field2 DESC, field3';
$options['pageNum'] = ''; // (optional) Page number of results to display. Example: '1'; Defaults to number on end of url, then 1
$options['where'] = ''; // (ADVANCED) Additional MySQL WHERE conditions. Example: 'fieldname = "value"'
$options['useSeoUrls'] = ''; // (ADVANCED) Set this to '1' for search engine friendly urls: view.php/123 instead of view.php?123 (not supported on all web servers, and viewerUrl must be absolute path such as '/path/viewer.php')
list($listRows, $listDetails) = getListRows($options);
?>
<!-- /STEP1: Load Record List -->

<UL>
<!-- STEP2: Display Record List (Paste this where you want your records to be listed) -->
<?php foreach ($listRows as $record): ?>
<li><a href="<?php echo $record['_link'] ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach ?>

<?php if (empty($listRows)): ?><!-- Display "No Records Found" Message -->
No records were found!<br/><br/>
<?php endif ?><br/>
<!-- /STEP2: Display Record List -->
</UL>

page code:
<!-- STEP1: Load Record (Paste this above other step) -->
<?php
require_once "../cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php";
$options = array(); // NOTE: see online documentation for more details on these options
$options['tableName'] = 'news'; // (REQUIRED) MySQL tablename to list record from. Example: "article";
$options['recordNum'] = '1'; // (optional) Record number to display. Example: "1"; Defaults to number on end of url, then 1
$options['where'] = ''; // (ADVANCED) MySQL WHERE conditions to use INSTEAD of recordNum to look up record. Example: "fieldname = 'value'"
$record = getRecord($options);
?>
<!-- /STEP1: Load Record -->

<H1><?php echo $record['title'] ?></H1>
<?php echo $record['content'] ?>
<!-- STEP3: Display Uploads from 'files' (Paste this where you want your uploads displayed) -->
<!-- Upload Program Fields : num, createdTime, tableName, fieldName, recordNum, preSaveTempId, filePath, filename, extension, thumbFilePath -->
<!-- Upload Image Fields : isImage, hasThumbnail, urlPath, width, height, thumbUrlPath, thumbWidth, thumbHeight -->
<!-- Upload Info Fields : info1, info2, info3, info4, info5 -->
<?php foreach (getUploads($options['tableName'], 'files', $record['num']) as $upload): ?>
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If I force the recordNum with "$options['recordNum'] = '1';" it works, but I can't keep going in and changing the actual record number each time he cleans his news stories.

I have tried "$options['recordNum'] = '';" as well. Still get the error.

Thank you for any help.

Doug