On 2011-09-19, at 9:28 PM, David Avendasora wrote: > > On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Theodore Petrosky wrote: > >> I don't know where that was documented. > > You must be new here... > > ;-)
LOL But, for once, it IS documented! http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/InternetWeb/Reference/WO542Reference/com/webobjects/eocontrol/EOQualifier.html > Using Wildcards and the like Operator > > When you use the like or caseInsensitiveLike operator in a qualifier > expression, you can use the wildcard characters * and ? to perform pattern > matching, for example: > > "lastName like 'Jo*'" > > > > matches Jones, Johnson, Jolsen, Josephs, and so on. > > The ? character just matches a single character, for example: > > "lastName like 'Jone?'" > > > > matches Jones. > > The asterisk character ( ) is only interpreted as a wildcard in expressions > that use the like or caseInsensitiveLike operator. For example, in the > following statement, the character * is treated as a literal value, not as a > wildcard: > > quot;lastName = 'Jo*'" > > > -- Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
