ADO Recordest.Filter "NOT LIKE"

[miromirc@yubc.net]

Dear colleagues,

Is there any way to filter ADO Recordest using criteria "[SomeColumn]
NOT LIKE 'SomeExpresion'". I don't mean "NOT LIKE" criteria within SQL
statement used in Recordset.Open(that's work correctly), but in context
Recordset.Filter = "[SomeColumn] NOT LIKE 'SomeExpresion'".
Wider context: I need to obtain the index(-es) - row position
value(-s) of row(-s) within some data table, which satisfy some
multiple column criteria, including also "NOT LIKE" criteria. The data
source table is located in Excel Worksheet, and it doesn't contain
"Primary Key" - index column(row unique identifyer).
I will appreciate any help regarding this issue.
Thank You in advance. Regards. Mirom.

[K Dales]

Unfortunately (at least according to the ADO documentation) you cannot use a
Not operator in a Recordset Filter. I assume you have tried this and found
it does not work (thus the reason for your post). It is a shame, since it
would indeed be useful and it is mystifying to me why it was not implemented.

There may be ways to use other filter clauses to get the results you want
but that would depend on the specific pattern of characters you are trying to
check against.
--
- K Dales


"miromirc@yubc.net" wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Is there any way to filter ADO Recordest using criteria "[SomeColumn]
> NOT LIKE 'SomeExpresion'". I don't mean "NOT LIKE" criteria within SQL
> statement used in Recordset.Open(that's work correctly), but in context
> Recordset.Filter = "[SomeColumn] NOT LIKE 'SomeExpresion'".
> Wider context: I need to obtain the index(-es) - row position
> value(-s) of row(-s) within some data table, which satisfy some
> multiple column criteria, including also "NOT LIKE" criteria. The data
> source table is located in Excel Worksheet, and it doesn't contain
> "Primary Key" - index column(row unique identifyer).
> I will appreciate any help regarding this issue.
> Thank You in advance. Regards. Mirom.
>
>

[miromirc@yubc.net]

Thank You very much for kind answer. Regards. Mirom.