Not sure how to do it with a filter like that, but using traditional SQL
with a recordset object:

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Dim string_variable as String
Dim No_CityDataID as Boolean
Dim No_Month as Boolean
Dim No_Year as Boolean
Dim Duplicate_Key as Boolean

' Dim and Define your recordset/connection here

rstTemp.Source = "SELECT * FROM [YourTableName] WHERE CityDataID = '" +
string_variable + "'"

rst.Open

If rstTemp.EOF Then
No_CityDataID = True
Goto SkipMe ' Without the Goto you will get an
error on the move next...
ElseIf rstTemp!Year = "" Then ' or Null, depending how how the database
handles empty data
No_Year = True
ElseIf rstTemp!Month = "" Then
No_Month = True
End If

rstTemp.MoveNext

'Optional Primary Key Check
If Not rst.EOF
Duplicate_Key = True
End If

SkipMe:
rstTemp.Close

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Substitue the Boolean variables with what you want to do when those
situations occur, and make sure to change [YourTableName] to whatever the
table's name is in the database.

David

"greenfalcon"
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Hey everyone, thanks for your help, im in a bind and need a little
help... I am trying to search a database with excel and find out if a
record is blank with recordset.filter... here is my code..


Code:
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rstTemp.Filter = "CityDataID=' " & strFilter & "' And Year='
""' And Month=' ""'"
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Pretty much i want it to find a primary key (CityDataID) and if it does
find it see if the recors for Year and Month are blank. I cant seem to
get this code to work... Any ideas? I would be very grateful

Thanks!


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