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expatCanuck
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Posted - 05/12/2009 :  12:53:07  Show Profile  Visit expatCanuck's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Greetings -

I'd like to know if an SQL command exists that will let one find all records that contain a specified string in a specified field/column.

For example, assume that we have a list of publications. I'd like to know if it's possible in an MS-Access query to find all publications that have the string 'World' in their name (e.g. - Worldwide Zookeepers, World Zoos, Zoos of the World). Ideally case-insensitively.

I've been trying the LIKE command, but either I'm using it incorrectly, or it doesn't provide this functionality.

Thanks kindly.

- Richard
http://oldWithoutMoney.com

expatCanuck
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Posted - 05/12/2009 :  13:11:26  Show Profile  Visit expatCanuck's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hmmm. RTFM. Seems one needs to use wildcards to make LIKE work.
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tosscrosby
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Posted - 05/12/2009 :  16:54:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
where fieldname like '%world%' or where upper(fieldname) like '%WORLD%' if you're running a case sensitive collation).

Terry

-- Procrastinate now!
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Sequin
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Posted - 05/22/2009 :  06:54:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In MS Access, the wildcard characters are * and ?, not % and _ (or certainly were up to Access 2003)

Select * from Table where Field1 like "*world*"

Access is by default case insensitive
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