Hmm. How about:
SELECT *
FROM tablename
WHERE LENGTH(somecolumn) > 0 AND ISNULL(othercolumn) != 1
Michael
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Andrew Kuebler wrote:
> I want to query records that do not contain empty strings and null
> values through a SELECT statement.
>
> IS NOT NULL works for the nulls, but how I select non-empty strings
> ("")? I tried everything I can think of and even some non-published
> statements like name IS NOT '' ..... I just can't figure it out....
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Andrew
>
>
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