Error "80020009"

I am trying to build a table that lists the different down times of different applications according to 1 of 4 different codes. When an application has no listing for such a procedure, it should put up a blank space in the cell where the info should have been. Whenever this runs, I hit an error on the first point in which data is not found in the field for that recordset. I tried to correct it by writing "if then" statements, but it is not working to place a blank space in if the field is null. instead, it puts the error code and message in that cell in the table. Any help would be appreciated. Here is the code:




if obj1rs.eof then
'Do nothing, end the table
response.write("<tr><td> There are no Application Objectives associated with this application</td></tr>")
else
'Add the records
response.write("</td></tr>")
response.write("<tr><td><table border='2' style='border-collapse: collapse' width='100%'>")
response.write("<tr BGCOLOR='ffffe0'><td align='center'><b>RTO</b></td>")
response.write("<td align='center'><b>RPO</b></td><td align='center'><b>SRTO</b></td><td align='center'><b>SRPO</b></td></tr>")

do until obj1rs.eof
response.write ("<tr><td align='center'>")
if obj1rs("goal_hrs")="" then
response.write ("&nbsp;</td>")
else
response.write (obj1rs("goal_hrs") & "</td>")
end if

response.write("<td align='center'>")
if obj2rs("goal_hrs")="" then
response.write ("&nbsp;</td>")
else
response.write (obj2rs("goal_hrs") & "</td>")
end if

response.write("<td align='center'>")
if obj3rs("goal_hrs")="" then
response.write ("&nbsp;</td>")
else
response.write (obj3rs("goal_hrs") & "</td>")
end if

response.write("<td align='center'>")
if obj4rs("goal_hrs")="" then
response.write ("&nbsp;</td>")
else
response.write (obj4rs("goal_hrs") & "</td></tr>")
end if
obj1rs.movenext
loop
end if

response.write("</table></td></tr>")