[AccessD] (Should Be) Easy Problem...

Doug Steele dbdoug at gmail.com
Tue Jun 25 13:54:01 CDT 2013


John, I don't think you need the field name when testing for null in the
criteria section:

Is Null or =""

Doug


On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:40 AM, John Clark
<John.Clark at niagaracounty.com>wrote:

> (Resending because I neglected to change the subject line...)
>
> So, I'm having a bit of an issue w/a small A2010 program I recently wrote.
> There are a couple of issues, but one, which I thought would be a simple
> one, has really ticked me off today.
>
> There are several blank records that need to be gone. This is actually a 2
> part problem, because some of them (11) are completely blank, but the
> majority of them (24) were assigned voucher numbers, but have no other data.
> I think I understand the latter...I assign that number immediately, so if
> someone clicks to add a new records and does not, or maybe they're hitting
> the button twice...and I did not have any validation for that event...then
> I could see a record number w/out any data. But, given what I just said, I
> do not understand having a record w/no voucher number or data.
>
> Anyhow, having said all of this, what I really want to do right now is to
> week out those records...get a list, using a query, before deleting
> them...to make sure my numbers come out right. I figured this was going to
> be as simple as either putting IsNull(field) in the criteria section...to
> be sure I was actually going to do 4 fields to be sure....or check for =
> "". But, neither of these is working and I'm getting 0 records.
>
> I surely must be forgetting something...making a bone head move somehow.
> Can someone please set me straight?
>
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