On 4 December 2010 11:40, Amit Tandon <att...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Ron > > Or try this > > SELECT * FROM `paypal_payment_info` WHERE ifnull(os1, '') <> > 'commission_paid' > ============ > regds > amit > > "The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." > > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Ron Piggott > <ron.pigg...@actsministries.org>wrote: > >> >> When I do the following query in mySQL only 1 record is retrieved. >> >> SELECT * FROM `paypal_payment_info` WHERE `os1` NOT LIKE 'commission_paid' >> >> I am surprised by this. This one record has no characters in it, but the >> “INSERT INTO” that created it used: ( `os1` ) VALUES ( ‘’ ) instead of: ( >> `os1` ) VALUES ( NULL ) . There are a number of records where `os1` is >> NULL. I would like these rows to retrieve as well. How do I make a WHERE >> clause for a cell that is NULL ? >> >> Ron >> >> The Verse of the Day >> “Encouragement from God’s Word” >> http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info >> >
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/comparison-operators.html#function_isnull where isnull(column, '') <> 'value' -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
