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From: LeemingIT
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 00:00

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>Isn't the standard character the % (percent)? Like in:
>... like "%adrian%"


Not in Access, or Windows NT, or Windows 95, or DOS.  In Windows NT, the "%"
means "The next string of characters is a Windows NT word such as "USERNAME"
which you should replace with a value".  The second "%" replaces this.  In
Access " * " means "Any number of any character".

Tom

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From: "LeemingIT" <ITManager@LeemingIT.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: search function
Date: 1999/10/05
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