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April 6th, 2008, 07:32 AM

captainzorro

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SQL LIKE query problem.

Hi all,
I am trying to execute this simple like query but it doesn't work.

Code:

SELECT *
FROM tblInvitee
WHERE FirstName LIKE '%ad%';

This should ideally return all records where ad is there anywhere in the FirstName but it returns no results.

However if i try,

Code:

SELECT *
FROM tblInvitee
WHERE FirstName = 'fade';

then it will return about 6 records, which is correct.

can anyone help why the first query doesn't work as it is supposed to.

many thanks.

April 7th, 2008, 02:33 AM

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Read from here, this might give u some insight.
http://www.techonthenet.com/sql/like.php

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