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    Posted: 14 December 2004 at 2:05am
I would like to set a sql string to something like:
 
sqlString = sqlString & " where StaffID=" & StaffID
sqlString = sqlString & " and bio <> ""
 
I would like for the SQL String to only display records with a certain staffID and where the bio field is not blank. The bolded sql string above didn't work. I am not sure how to accomplish this. Can someone please help me with this?
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try AND NOT bio = NULL
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Unfortunately, it didn't work. I got the following error message: 
Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a0409'

Unterminated string constant

sqlString = sqlString & " AND NOT bio = NULL
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Put another " at the end:

sqlString = sqlString & " AND NOT bio = NULL"
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I tried sqlString = sqlString & " AND NOT Bio = NULL". I didn't get an error message. But it didn't work. It would not show me records where the bio field was not null. I am not sure what is wrong. Can someone please help me with this?
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SELECT * FROM tableName WHERE bio <> "" AND bio <> null

If you are not getting the expected results it pays to put them straight into the database query manager and testing results.


Edited by Gullanian - 14 December 2004 at 1:51pm
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I finally got it to work by using the following sql strings:
 
     sqlString = "select * from Staff"     
     sqlString = sqlString & " where StaffID=" & StaffID
     sqlString = sqlString & " and bio <> null
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