In my database (Sybase) that won't work. You have to use not like 'NULL'
or it gives an error about not using text in a where clause unless you use like. Weird, but it will work with the not like 'NULL'. -Natalie > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Hilgeman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:21 AM > To: 'bill' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] finding records wiht non-null columns > > ...WHERE some_column IS NOT NULL; > > - Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-DB] finding records wiht non-null columns > > > Is there a better query than > > SELECT * > FROM some_database > WHERE some_column <> "" > > I had tried > > WHERE some_column <> NULL but that didn't work. > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]