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Wild card not working in Access 2010 query
Hi all,
I am wondering if anyone out there knows why the wild card (*) will not work in an MS Access 2010 query. I tried, as I have for years, to enter a criteria in a query as follows: Like "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" And it creates this ALike "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" and then won't work Please help someone as I am at my wits end. Thanks in advance JayTee |
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Wild card not working in Access 2010 query
Depending on how you're using it, you may need to use % as the wildcard, not
*. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://www.AccessMVP.com/djsteele Co-author: Access 2010 Solutions, published by Wiley (no e-mails, please!) "JayTee" wrote in message ... Hi all, I am wondering if anyone out there knows why the wild card (*) will not work in an MS Access 2010 query. I tried, as I have for years, to enter a criteria in a query as follows: Like "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" And it creates this ALike "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" and then won't work Please help someone as I am at my wits end. Thanks in advance JayTee |
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Wild card not working in Access 2010 query
On Wed, 26 May 2010 23:42:52 GMT, "JayTee" wrote:
Hi all, I am wondering if anyone out there knows why the wild card (*) will not work in an MS Access 2010 query. I tried, as I have for years, to enter a criteria in a query as follows: Like "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" And it creates this ALike "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" and then won't work Please help someone as I am at my wits end. Thanks in advance JayTee Sounds like you've set the database's properties to use SQL/92 format queries (not sure just how it phrases it). The ALike is the clue. ALike is equivalent to the SQL/Server syntax of LIKE, and uses % rather than * as the "match any string" wildcared (also it uses _ rather than ? as the match a single character). See the online Help for "ALIKE". -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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Wild card not working in Access 2010 query
"JayTee" wrote in
: I am wondering if anyone out there knows why the wild card (*) will not work in an MS Access 2010 query. I tried, as I have for years, to enter a criteria in a query as follows: Like "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" And it creates this ALike "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" and then won't work Please help someone as I am at my wits end. Thanks in advance Because you're using ALIKE instead of LIKE. ALIKE exists to allow you to use SQL Server compatible wildcards, in which case you'd use % in place of * and _ in place of ?. -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/ |
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Wild card not working in Access 2010 query
John W. Vinson wrote in
: On Wed, 26 May 2010 23:42:52 GMT, "JayTee" wrote: Hi all, I am wondering if anyone out there knows why the wild card (*) will not work in an MS Access 2010 query. I tried, as I have for years, to enter a criteria in a query as follows: Like "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" And it creates this ALike "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" and then won't work Please help someone as I am at my wits end. Sounds like you've set the database's properties to use SQL/92 format queries (not sure just how it phrases it). The ALike is the clue. ALike is equivalent to the SQL/Server syntax of LIKE, and uses % rather than * as the "match any string" wildcared (also it uses _ rather than ? as the match a single character). See the online Help for "ALIKE". ALIKE works even when you don't have SQL 92 mode turned on. I've never quite figured out what purpose it serves, to be honest, as all it does is allow you to use the SQL Server-compatible wildcards. I don't know if it's compatible with other SQL dialects. -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/ |
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