Wild card not working in Access 2010 query
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From: JayTee on 26 May 2010 19:42 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
From: Douglas J. Steele on 26 May 2010 20:52 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" <jtennyen(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:0miLn.27375$pv.13213(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Hi all, > I am wondering if anyone out there knows why the wild card (*) will not > work in an MS Access 2010 query. > > I tried, as I have for years, to enter a criteria in a query as follows: > Like "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" > And it creates this > ALike "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" and then won't work > Please help someone as I am at my wits end. > Thanks in advance > > JayTee >
From: John W. Vinson on 26 May 2010 21:42 On Wed, 26 May 2010 23:42:52 GMT, "JayTee" <jtennyen(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote: >Hi all, >I am wondering if anyone out there knows why the wild card (*) will not work >in an MS Access 2010 query. > >I tried, as I have for years, to enter a criteria in a query as follows: >Like "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" >And it creates this >ALike "*" & [Forms]![FormName]![FieldName] & "*" and then won't work >Please help someone as I am at my wits end. >Thanks in advance > >JayTee > Sounds like you've set the database's properties to use SQL/92 format queries (not sure just how it phrases it). The ALike is the clue. ALike is equivalent to the SQL/Server syntax of LIKE, and uses % rather than * as the "match any string" wildcared (also it uses _ rather than ? as the match a single character). See the online Help for "ALIKE". -- John W. Vinson [MVP]
From: David W. Fenton on 27 May 2010 13:26 "JayTee" <jtennyen(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in news:0miLn.27375$pv.13213(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au: > 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/
From: David W. Fenton on 27 May 2010 13:28
John W. Vinson <jvinson(a)STOP_SPAM.WysardOfInfo.com> wrote in news:bdjrv5101refd18d63uk2d39otdt7d4k1d(a)4ax.com: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 23:42:52 GMT, "JayTee" > <jtennyen(a)bigpond.net.au> 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/ |