i think this is the right sintax: SELECT * FROM `MEMBER` WHERE ISNULL(`PASSWD`) Passwd is a blob, that is an interesting name for a blob field, what are you planing to do? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ng Hwee Hwee" <hhwee@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "DBList" <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 4:39 AM Subject: BLOB Hi all, how do i find out if a BLOB field in my table is NULL? i tried: SELECT * FROM `MEMBER` WHERE `PASSWD` is NULL however, although there is one entry in my table that has nothing in my PASSWD field, the result set is empty.. how come? how do i search for entries that has password = [BLOB - 0 bytes] ?? thanx so much!! huihui -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php