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SQL query not working?

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From: Jeffery Chow
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 00:00
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Hi, I have a table that contains the following columns:
<number StudentKey>  
<alpha "interview (y/n)"> (null or "yes")
<date "interview date">   (null or date)

I'm trying to find rows for a specific student who has an interview but
has not set an interview date. The query:

SELECT * FROM signups WHERE studentKey = 12345678 AND "interview (y/n)" \
IS NOT NULL AND "interview date" IS NULL

However, this query doesn't work at all! My test data:

StudentKey   "Interview (y/n)"   "Interview Date"
12345678	yes	       	    1/9/98
12345678	yes	
12345678		

No matter how I vary the query, I either get ALL the rows back, or none
of them. I've tried "WHERE "Interview (y/n)" LIKE '%yes%'" but that didn't
work either.

I'm using the trial version of IB, tables are paradox 7.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Jeff
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From: Jeffery Chow <jchow@shell.uniserve.com>
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Date: 1998/02/11
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