How to make an IF Statement with OR and an empty cell in Excel VBA -

i trying make if statement in vba script. wants achieve copy content 1 sheet ("database") sheet ("search"), given fulfilment of if statement.

the script starts defining variables ("country", "category") dependent on user input on cells "e5" , "e7" of "search" sheet. defines final row if statement run until row:

country = sheets("search").range("e5").value category = sheets("search").range("e7").value finalrow = sheets("database").range("a200000").end(xlup).row 

after this, script establishes condition: if inputted values (in cells "country" , "category") matched content on cells of "database" sheet, values on sheet should copied "search" sheet:

for = 2 finalrow     if sheets("database").cells(i, 1) = country , _     sheets("database").cells(i, 3) = category       sheets("database")         .range(.cells(i, 1), .cells(i, 9)).copy       end       sheets("search").range("b600").end(xlup).offset(1, 0).pastespecial xlpasteformulasandnumberformats                 end if                    next 

i add additional condition if statement or statement. make if user not fill "category" cell, values still copied 1 sheet another. in terms of code, added part between ** not working:

for = 2 finalrow     if sheets("database").cells(i, 1) = country , _     sheets("database").cells(i, 3) = category **or category = ""**       sheets("database")         .range(.cells(i, 1), .cells(i, 9)).copy       end       sheets("search").range("b600").end(xlup).offset(1, 0).pastespecial xlpasteformulasandnumberformats                end if                    next 

apart this, working out fine. have idea of might doing wrong? thank you!

i'd avoid or entirely if it's giving issues. putting space in " " literally looking space value, if mean blank use "" or isempty(category):

for = 2 finalrow     if category = ""          if sheets("database").cells(i, 1) = country              sheets("database")             .range(.cells(i, 1), .cells(i, 9)).copy         end              sheets("search").range("b600").end(xlup).offset(1, 0).pastespecial xlpasteformulasandnumberformats          end if      else          if sheets("database").cells(i, 1) = country , _         sheets("database").cells(i, 3) = category              sheets("database")             .range(.cells(i, 1), .cells(i, 9)).copy         end              sheets("search").range("b600").end(xlup).offset(1, 0).pastespecial xlpasteformulasandnumberformats          end if  next