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Default Search Function that returns an integer not #VALUE!

Hi
I'm trying to use a logical function to search text in a cell, see
below

=IF(SEARCH("DENTAL",A3,0) = 0, IF(SEARCH("VISION",A3,0) =
0,"yes","no"),"no")


Basically I need a way to determine if the defined text exists in
string and if so return flag that record. I'm comfortable using
access instr() function but I have a large amount of non-indexed
information and I'm trying to create a rule table rather than churn
away via an ODBC connection from Access.

My problem is that the search function won't return an integer, just
#Value!. Is there a function that can look for #VALUE! I was
thinking that it might be like isNA()

I'm not stuck on using the search function so alternative solutions
are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

David Hallidy