you could either make that part of your input or you could use
something to the effect of
SELECT
           *
       FROM device,person
       where device.owner = person.regid
       <isNotEmpty prepend="AND" property="description">
       description like '%' || #description# || '%'

Brandon


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On 4/13/05, Nic Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi again,
>     Is there a way to use the 'like' operator and also use wildcards?
> I'm trying to use Oracle with this, and the following does not work:
> 
> SELECT
>             *
>         FROM device,person
>         where device.owner = person.regid
>         <isNotEmpty prepend="AND" property="description">
>         description like %#description#%
> 
> (I get invalid symbol)
> 
> All examples only use the equivalent of #description# which doesn't add
> anything of value, it is the equivalent of using '='.
>

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