I try to use asp to extract excel data. if the item field in excel is empty,
can I use "" to represent empty ?

will this  (" ") work ?
rs("Item") = ""

rs.open "SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]", oConn
do until rs.EOF
if rs("Item") = "" then
emptyfield = true
else
emptyfield = FALSE
end if
rs.movenext
Loop

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Without making a connection and testing it, I would think yes.

if not try Trim(rs("Item")) = ""
or even Trim(Cstr(rs("Item"))) = ""

or maybe rs("Item") = null



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>I try to use asp to extract excel data. if the item field in excel is
>empty, can I use "" to represent empty ?
>
> will this  (" ") work ?
>    rs("Item") = ""
>
> rs.open "SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]", oConn
> do until rs.EOF
>       if rs("Item") = "" then
>               emptyfield = true
>       else
>            emptyfield = FALSE
>        end if
> rs.movenext
> Loop
>

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