So is the field NULL if there are no records there? If so, then I think that you just add an OR clause.
SELECT service_population,agency,city,state,int_agency_id, ROWNUM AS r, COUNT(agency) OVER() AS rowcount FROM internships WHERE 1=1 AND dept = 'knes' AND status <> 'Removed' OR Status = NULL ORDER BY UPPER(agency) ASC On 8/9/07, Daniel Kessler wrote: > > I have a query that is supposed to grab any record that has a status > not equal to 'Removed'. The status can be 'Approved', 'Interested', > 'Removed' or simply empty. With the query below, it's not returning > the ones that are designated empty, though it seems to me that it > should. Status is not a required field so it'll often be empty. > > SELECT service_population,agency,city,state,int_agency_id, ROWNUM AS > r, COUNT(agency) OVER() AS rowcount > FROM internships > WHERE 1=1 AND dept = 'knes' AND status <> 'Removed' > ORDER BY UPPER(agency) ASC > > > So why isn't it showing these records? > > thanks. > > > -- > > Daniel Kessler > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285822 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
