MSAccess/VBA/DAO query result set not as expected

I have an application that I have to support that was written in MS-Access 2003 VBA with DAO access to ODBC PostgreSQL database tables.

The database was designed without the use of "no nulls" capability of PostgreSQL so a varchar field without valid data could be null, blank or space.

The db.OpenRecordset query is supposed to select all records where a particular varchar field (RecordType) is null, space or blank, but it is not selecting the null fields into the result set.  Can anyone see what might be wrong with the code snippet or suggest an alternative to ensure that nulls are included in the result set?

Please don't suggest changing it to ADO.  This system is in maintenance mode - I have better things to do with my time than rewriting old code.  I just need the result set to be as expected.
Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("select * from <tablename> where [supplier] = 'name' and ([RecordType] = null or [RecordType] = '' or [RecordType] = ' ') order by [Sys_ID]")

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GeraldHlasgowConnect With a Mentor Commented:
I'm not familiar with PostgreSQL so this is just a guess, but on most SQL databases that I've used if you want to check for a field being null you say

WHERE [FieldName] IS NULL

and not

WHERE [FieldName] = Null

Just a thought...
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ShineOnAuthor Commented:
Thanks.  I didn't catch that.  

IS NULL is proper for PostgreSQL - it uses standard SQL.  

Sometimes it takes a second set of eyes... ;)
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GeraldHlasgowCommented:
Happy to lend an eye or two :-)
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