Re: [MS_AccessPros] Will Like '*' return records if the value is null?

 

Doyce-

That begs the question why you're applying any filter at all.  When you do Field LIKE "*", you force a table scan, which if you have a lot of records will be inefficient.  You say you're building the SQL in VBA.  Why include any predicate at all if the user specified no filter on the field?  I assume at the moment you're testing for empty criteria and sticking in LIKE "*" when there is none.  Don't do that.

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On Nov 16, 2016, at 6:37 PM, winberry.doyce@con-way.com [MS_Access_Professionals] <MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hello Pros,

I'm building a query on the fly through VBA and if appears that if the values for a field are null, the query won't return the record using criteria Like '*' for the field. Is that a correct? Here is the SQL of the query:

SELECT qS.*
FROM qS
WHERE (((qS.MSDSID) Like '*') AND ((qS.ProductName) Like '*') AND ((qS.Category) Like '*') AND ((qS.MName) Like '*') AND ((qS.ChemTrekNo) Like '*') AND ((qS.PartNO) Like '*'));

In my table there are only 6 records and ChemTrekNo is null for all 6. Using Like '*' as criteria for ChemTrekNo no records are returned. What do I do if I want the records that contain nulls? Wrap it in Nz? What would the SQL look like?

Doyce

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