This is the second time out of three that I get "filtered out".
Couldn't this filter be made a little bit smarter?

At 10:00 24.10.2001, you wrote:
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>You have written the following:
>
>Hi Jeff
>
>I think that I had the same problem once. The problem is
>that in a row containing NULLs almost every statement is FALSE.
>
>In your case:
>
>d.entrydate > date_add(now(), interval -7 day )
>
>try:
>
>d.entrydate is null or (d.entrydate > date_add(now(), interval -7 day ))
>
>instead.
>
>Sorry, I didnt try this myself. No time at the moment.
>
>Hope it helps anyay.
>
>Matthias
>
>
> >Example 1. - Nulls returned.
> >-----------------
> >select u.username Who, ifnull(count(d.username),0) Logs
> >from users as u natural left join details as d
> >where u.disabled='N'
> >group by u.username
> >order by 2 desc
> >
> >Who  Logs
> >-------       --------
> >bob  9
> >sarah     8
> >frank     3
> >jane 0
> >jack 0
> >
> >Example 2. - No Nulls returned.
> >-----------------
> >select u.username Who, ifnull(count(d.username),0) Logs
> >from users as u natural left join details as d
> >where u.disabled='N'
> >and d.entrydate > date_add(now(), interval -7 day )
> >group by u.username
> >order by 2 desc
> >
> >Who  Logs
> >-------       --------
> >bob  7
> >sarah     3
> >frank     1
>
>
>Matthias Ragaz
>Informatik - Entwicklung
>Schweizerische Bibliothek für Blinde und Sehbehinderte
>Albisriederstasse 399
>CH-8047 Zürich
>Schweiz
>Tel.:   +41 1 491 25 55
>Fax:    +41 1 492 64 75
>------------------------------------------------------

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Matthias Ragaz
Informatik - Entwicklung
Schweizerische Bibliothek für Blinde und Sehbehinderte
Albisriederstasse 399
CH-8047 Zürich
Schweiz
Tel.:   +41 1 491 25 55
Fax:    +41 1 492 64 75
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