Re: Strange result with select/not null/OR

Fernando Papa wrote:
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>    and (sp_link IS NOT NULL OR sp_link <> '')

If sp_link <> '' then it is of course NOT NULL so ...

you get:

sp_link IS NOT NULL --> true
sp_link <> ''       --> false

true OR false === true ;)

If I understand what you expect correctly, what you need is:

  AND sp_link IS NOT NULL
  AND sp_link <> ''

HTH,

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Jean-Christian Imbeault