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Checking for Nulls in Access

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I have a where statement that needs to check :
Field A does not begin with "V"   or FieldA is null

What would the syntax be?
Microsoft Access

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etech0

8/22/2022 - Mon
etech0

Try this:

iif(left(fieldA,1)="V" OR FieldA is Null, ValueIfTrue, ValueIfFalse)
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How would this be done if it is at the end of a query in a where clause not and if statement.

I a trying to pull only those records where FIELDA does not begin with "V" OR FIELDA is null
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