This is the record selection formula in Crystal Reports for a report I am doing against a VFP table. My question is about the two lines where I check for blank fields. Is there a better way to do this? I am not sure the two lines are giving the expected result. It seems that those blank fields are making into my detail lines in my report. The fields are defined in my VFP table as Character 8. If they are empty or blank fields I don't want those records selected. Is there a better way to check for empty or blank fields in Crystal Reports in this particular formula?

My record selection formula:

{arrest.MD_INITIAL} like ["VF*", "VT"] and
not ({arrest.FDAPS_TIME} startswith " ") and
not ({arrest.FDFSH_TIME} startswith " ") and
{arrest.EDATE} in Date (2001,01,01) to Date (2001,03,31) and
{@totsec} > 29

Thanks very much!