> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Broussard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:31 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Easy access question
>
>
> I want to search a dictionary table in an access database. I want
> to find all records where the name starts with the letter T.
>
> <cfquery name="get" datasource="#application.datasource#">
> select * from dic
> where name like 'T*'
> order by name
> </cfquery>
>
> This should give me any record that has the first letter in name
> start with T right? Wrong. : (
>
> What am I doing wrong???
>
> Art
>
Try
where name like 'T%'
I just went through this myself, going half-mad (since * does work in an
Access query) until I opened my CFWACK and noticed the % instead of *
Unless I went totally mad and it was the other way around....
James Mathieson
Information Systems Manager
The Wildlife Society
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