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Put that statement in the query on which the report is based.  [DebbieDate] is the name of your date field.
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From: AccessDevelopers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bassfolks
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 15:16
To: AccessDevelopers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AccessDevelopers] Re: Reporting Dates
Importance: Low

I admit to not being the brightest bulb in the box but I cannot make
this work.  What I want is for the report to print out with the word
Unknown in the date field if it is empty in the table.

Talk to me like I have no idea what I'm doing and maybe I can get
it.  :)

Debbie

--- In AccessDevelopers@yahoogroups.com, "Databasedude.com"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Let's say your date field is named DebbieDate. You can show it in
> queries as "Unknown" when blank, as follows:
>
> SELECT Nz([DebbieDate],'Unknown') FROM tablename
>
> HTH
> Bryant
>
> --- In AccessDevelopers@yahoogroups.com, "bassfolks"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > We have a date field which is not required to be filled in
because
> > sometimes the date is not provided.  In those instances we leave
the
> > date blank because we may come across a document in our review
which
> > provides the date.
> >
> > We would like to reflect those blank dates as "unknown" in our
reports
> > rather than having nothing.  We do sort on the date field quite
> > frequently.  How do we do it?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Debbie
> >
>







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