http://wheatblog.com/2008/05/the-mysterious-nz-function-in-microsoft-access/ personal weblog of James "Wheatbread" Martin Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:05:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://wheatblog.com/2008/05/the-mysterious-nz-function-in-microsoft-access/comment-page-1/#comment-2207 Michael Hesser Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:26:12 +0000 http://wheatblog.com/?p=1032#comment-2207 I love it... but you've sadly neglected one of the most mysterious qualities about nz(): Access doesn't capitalize it as it does with Sum(), Average(), and so on. I'm glad that by CAPITALIZING it you've given this little critter the respect he deserves! I'd like to add: you can us nz() when you want to standardize reports, e.g. always retaining the same number of columns. Suppose you have 100 stores, and you're listing the sales of a particular item (GIZMO_SALES). Changing the GIZMO_SALES to nz([GIZMO_SALES],0) will make sure every store appears on the report, even if they sold nothing. Otherwise, Access may not include the null columns. I love it… but you’ve sadly neglected one of the most mysterious qualities about nz(): Access doesn’t capitalize it as it does with Sum(), Average(), and so on. I’m glad that by CAPITALIZING it you’ve given this little critter the respect he deserves!
I’d like to add: you can us nz() when you want to standardize reports, e.g. always retaining the same number of columns. Suppose you have 100 stores, and you’re listing the sales of a particular item (GIZMO_SALES). Changing the GIZMO_SALES to nz([GIZMO_SALES],0) will make sure every store appears on the report, even if they sold nothing. Otherwise, Access may not include the null columns.

]]> http://wheatblog.com/2008/05/the-mysterious-nz-function-in-microsoft-access/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 Aileen Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:07:07 +0000 http://wheatblog.com/?p=1032#comment-1511 Great, a simple explanation that makes sense to non vba people Great, a simple explanation that makes sense to non vba people

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