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# ACC: Replace Command Does Not Find Null Values

Article ID: 120730

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q120730
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

## SYMPTOMS

When you click the Replace command on the Edit menu, Microsoft Access does not locate any Null values even though they do exist in the table.

## RESOLUTION

To replace Null values in a table, create and run an update query.

## STATUS

This behavior is by design.

## MORE INFORMATION

If you click Find on the Edit menu to search for Null values, the values are located correctly. It is only the Replace command that does not locate Null values.
NOTE: In Microsoft Access version 1.x, neither the Find nor the Replace command will locate Null values.

### Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb (or NWIND.MDB in version 2.0), and then open the Orders table in Datasheet view.
2. Position the insertion point in the first row of the Ship Region column.
3. On the Edit menu, click Replace.
4. In the Find What field, type `NULL`.
5. In the Replace With field, type `TEST`.
6. Click Find Next. Note that Microsoft Access does not locate any Null values in the field even though such values do exist.

## REFERENCES

For more information about the Replace command, search the Help Index for "Replace," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.
For more information about update queries, search the Help Index for "update queries," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.

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