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January 27th, 2005, 04:25 PM
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MS Access criteria HELP!!
In Access, How can I set criteria to only choose records NOT containing a
certain word. I get that if I put "dog" in criteria it will show me all records containing the word dog, but if what if I want all records not containing the word dog, what do I type for criteria 
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January 27th, 2005, 05:25 PM
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"dog"
-- Sandra Daigle [Microsoft Access MVP] Please post all replies to the newsgroup. dawnovan71 wrote: In Access, How can I set criteria to only choose records NOT containing a certain word. I get that if I put "dog" in criteria it will show me all records containing the word dog, but if what if I want all records not containing the word dog, what do I type for criteria
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#3
January 27th, 2005, 05:26 PM
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:25:03 -0800, dawnovan71 wrote:
In Access, How can I set criteria to only choose records NOT containing a certain word. I get that if I put "dog" in criteria it will show me all records containing the word dog, but if what if I want all records not containing the word dog, what do I type for criteria Not Like "* dog *" Note the spaces around the word dog. This prevents not getting words that include dog, such as 'dogmatic'. -- Fred Please only reply to this newsgroup. I do not reply to personal email.
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#4
January 27th, 2005, 05:29 PM
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Oops, misread the question - you need to use the like statement:
Not Like "*dog*" -- Sandra Daigle [Microsoft Access MVP] Please post all replies to the newsgroup. Sandra Daigle wrote: "dog" dawnovan71 wrote: In Access, How can I set criteria to only choose records NOT containing a certain word. I get that if I put "dog" in criteria it will show me all records containing the word dog, but if what if I want all records not containing the word dog, what do I type for criteria
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