diff --git a/DQXDbTools.py b/DQXDbTools.py
index a6d98a4..a386501 100644
--- a/DQXDbTools.py
+++ b/DQXDbTools.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def _CreateSelectStatementSub_Compound(self,statm):
 
     def _CreateSelectStatementSub_Comparison(self,statm):
         #TODO: check that statm['ColName'] corresponds to a valid column name in the table (to avoid SQL injection)
-        if not(statm['Tpe'] in ['=', '<>', '<', '>', '<=', '>=', '!=', 'LIKE', 'CONTAINS', 'NOTCONTAINS', 'STARTSWITH', 'ISPRESENT', 'ISABSENT', '=FIELD', '<>FIELD', '<FIELD', '>FIELD', 'between']):
+        if not(statm['Tpe'] in ['=', '<>', '<', '>', '<=', '>=', '!=', 'LIKE', 'CONTAINS', 'NOTCONTAINS', 'STARTSWITH', 'ISPRESENT', 'ISABSENT', '=FIELD', '<>FIELD', '<FIELD', '>FIELD', 'between', 'ISEMPTYSTR', 'ISNOTEMPTYSTR']):
             raise Exception("Invalid comparison statement {0}".format(statm['Tpe']))
 
         processed=False
@@ -272,6 +272,18 @@ def _CreateSelectStatementSub_Comparison(self,statm):
             self.querystring+=st
             self.querystring_params+=st
 
+        if statm['Tpe']=='ISEMPTYSTR':
+            processed=True
+            st='{0}=""'.format(statm['ColName'])
+            self.querystring+=st
+            self.querystring_params+=st
+
+        if statm['Tpe']=='ISNOTEMPTYSTR':
+            processed=True
+            st='{0}<>""'.format(statm['ColName'])
+            self.querystring+=st
+            self.querystring_params+=st
+
         if statm['Tpe']=='=FIELD':
             processed=True
             st='{0}={1}'.format(ToSafeIdentifier(statm['ColName']),ToSafeIdentifier(statm['ColName2']))