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Verifying two SQL commands
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20/02/2008 15:37:17
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01294455
Message ID:
01294459
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9
This message has been marked as the solution to the initial question of the thread.
Try
SELECT * From MyTable WHERE LEN(RTRIM(MyField))>0
>So far, when having the need to get all records where a specific field is not empty, I was using something like this:
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>SELECT * From MyTable WHERE LEN(ALLTRIM(MyField))>0
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>But, I need to adjust that SQL so it would fit for either VFP or SQL Server. So, I thought about something like this:
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>SELECT * From MyTable WHERE MyField>""
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>or
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>SELECT * From MyTable WHERE MyField>" "
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>But, to my surprise, only the 2nd one works. The first one doesn't return any record. Isn't the first suppose to be the same as the second one?
--sb--
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