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SQL Statement not seeing null values

My statement below gives me what I need EXCEPT the user_def_fld_2 has both null and text values, I need to see both, but currently only see results with text values.

I am new to SQL

SELECT HDR.ord_no AS 'Order#',HDR.slspsn_no AS 'Slsmn#',ord_dt AS 'Order Date',HDR.cus_no AS 'Acct#',HDR.ship_instruction_1 AS 'Ship Note',bill_to_name AS 'Bill To',Ship_to_name AS 'Ship To',hdr.user_def_fld_2 AS 'Header Note',LIN.item_no AS 'Part#',LIN.item_desc_1 AS 'Description',LIN.qty_ordered AS 'Ordered',LOC.qty_on_hand AS 'On Hand',(LOC.qty_on_hand-LIN.qty_ordered)AS 'Balance'
FROM oeordhdr_sql HDR
INNER JOIN oeordlin_sql LIN
ON HDR.ord_no=LIN.ord_no
LEFT OUTER JOIN iminvloc_sql LOC
ON LIN.item_no=LOC.item_no
WHERE HDR.user_def_fld_2 NOT LIKE 'SHOW%' AND HDR.bill_to_name not like 'REGO%' AND HDR.bill_to_name not like 'RFTC%' AND HDR.user_def_fld_2 NOT LIKE '30 DA%' AND HDR.ord_type='O'
ORDER BY HDR.ord_dt ASC

Jim Horn

You can't compare NULL to anything, even a LIKE comparison, so to get around one way is to convert all NULL values to somethign else (replace 'banana' with whatever you want), then the LIKE comaprison will work against that.

WHERE COALESCE(HDR.user_def_fld_2, 'banana') NOT LIKE 'SHOW%'
AND ...

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Jeremy Kirkbride

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Thanks so much, exactly what I need.