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Inconsistent Review Query
Melissa Donnelly 
    
3 years ago
Hi,

I tried to post in the other forum, but not having any luck having issue seen. I watched the update/change records import data video, but I'm not having any luck. I am trying to review changes across multiple fields of data (depicted as <>[TBL]![field] but it is not showing me any new data that I've added to existing data. (Ie say I didn't have someone's email, but now I do, I add the missing table in the linked table cell) vs i know how to get it to show me brand new things that I don't even have in my records. When I review through my query, it only sometimes shows me what's been changed. Ie if I misspelled an email and correct that, it will show, but if I've made changes to more than one field, it won't, or if I add an email to an empty cell it sometimes shows that but other times not). I thought maybe I had to tell it to show me changes in this criteria and/or the data is different in this other field.

I can't discern why it sometimes works but then doesn't. I work with thousands of datasets so I can't have a review/update query not be applying everywhere it needs to apply.

I have tried playing with join types and still nothing/ I'm doing something wrong.

How can I get in real time help?
Scott Axton  @Reply  
      
3 years ago
This forum is only supported by volunteers.  

The only way to possibly get some "live" help would be through the Access Developer Network
Be aware that the people listed there are independent developers and there would usually be a fee involved.  You would need to work that out with one of the folks listed.
Melissa Donnelly OP  @Reply  
    
3 years ago
OMG!! Finally figured out what is happening.. for some reasons, some empty cells register as Null values, so when you fill it out the review Query has to be set to work with Null/ Append... Other times, it registers as a change from old data to new data, so it notices a difference (even though I'm filling out an empty cell). So my query needs criteria <>[]... Why is it doing that, don't have a clue!
Scott Axton  @Reply  
      
3 years ago
That's great news!
Here are a couple of things to explain Null vs Zero Length Strings.
NULL v. Zero Length String
Null

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