MS-Access Avoid Importing Null Fields from Form Field Word Document

Question

I am trying to import fields from a form field word document I have created into a MS-Access table. The import works fine unless there is a null in one of the date fields, and then it throws a type mismatch error. How do I keep from getting this error?

Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset
With rst
    .AddNew
    !BPRid = doc.FormFields("frmBPRid").Result
    If Not IsNull(doc.FormFields("frmReceiptDate").Result) Then
    !ReceiptDate = doc.FormFields("frmReceiptDate").Result
    End If    
    .Update
    .Close
End With

I tried wrapping it in an if statement as seen above, but it seems it doesn't recognize the field as null. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

I suspect it is probably a zero length string ("").

You might like to use IsDate.

If IsDate(doc.FormFields("frmReceiptDate").Result) Then
   !ReceiptDate = doc.FormFields("frmReceiptDate").Result
End If   

For other data types, you can check for a zero length string and space filled fields like so:

If Trim(doc.FormFields("frmReceiptDate").Result & "") <> vbNullString