Hello,
I currently have a query that takes it's criteria from a form. All works
well except when a name is mis-spelled in the database. My thought was to
try to use the "like" command as part of the critera. My problem is that
when I use it, it finds no records. Need a little help please.
TIA
Steve
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Steve,
You also want to use wildcards. A '?' represents any 1 character and a '*'
represents one or more characters. They are used like this:
Like "?" & "at" returns cat. eat, fat, hat, mat, ....
Note that the expression only returns 3-letter words because '?' represents
only 1 character!
Like "*" & "at" cat, eat, fat, hat, mat, meat, what, ....
Note that the expression here requires the words to end in 'at' but there
can be any number of letters in front of 'at'
Wildcards can also be used in the middle of an expression or at the end.
Like "s" & "?" & "ar" will return scar, star, ...
Like "s" & "*" & "ar" will return all words beginning with 's' and ending with
'ar'
Like "m" & "?" will return all two-letter words beginning with 'm', ma, me, mi
Like "m" & "*" will return all words begimming with 'm'
to contrast, me will be returmed as well as Massachusetts and Mississippi
--
PC Datasheet
Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications re******@pcdatasheet.com www.pcdatasheet.com
"Steve" <st***@work.com> wrote in message news:c5**********@news.netins.net... Hello,
I currently have a query that takes it's criteria from a form. All works
well except when a name is mis-spelled in the database. My thought was to
try to use the "like" command as part of the critera. My problem is that
when I use it, it finds no records. Need a little help please.
TIA
Steve
I tried the following criteria, Like [forms]![lookup]!["Last" & "*"], with
no luck. Is it even possible use like in this context or am I chasing my
tail? The information was helpful to me for the future, thank you.
Steve
"PC Datasheet" <sp**@nospam.spam> wrote in message
news:j2*****************@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net... Steve,
You also want to use wildcards. A '?' represents any 1 character and a '*'
represents one or more characters. They are used like this:
Like "?" & "at" returns cat. eat, fat, hat, mat, ....
Note that the expression only returns 3-letter words because '?'
represents only 1 character!
Like "*" & "at" cat, eat, fat, hat, mat, meat, what, ....
Note that the expression here requires the words to end in 'at' but
there can be any number of letters in front of 'at'
Wildcards can also be used in the middle of an expression or at the end.
Like "s" & "?" & "ar" will return scar, star, ...
Like "s" & "*" & "ar" will return all words beginning with 's' and ending
with 'ar'
Like "m" & "?" will return all two-letter words beginning with 'm', ma,
me, mi Like "m" & "*" will return all words begimming with 'm'
to contrast, me will be returmed as well as Massachusetts and Mississippi
--
PC Datasheet
Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications
re******@pcdatasheet.com
www.pcdatasheet.com
"Steve" <st***@work.com> wrote in message
news:c5**********@news.netins.net... Hello,
I currently have a query that takes it's criteria from a form. All
works well except when a name is mis-spelled in the database. My thought was
to try to use the "like" command as part of the critera. My problem is that
when I use it, it finds no records. Need a little help please.
TIA
Steve
I got it figured out. Thank you very much for the help. Your information
gave me a direction.
Steve
"Steve" <st***@work.com> wrote in message
news:c5**********@news.netins.net... I tried the following criteria, Like [forms]![lookup]!["Last" & "*"], with
no luck. Is it even possible use like in this context or am I chasing my
tail? The information was helpful to me for the future, thank you.
Steve
"PC Datasheet" <sp**@nospam.spam> wrote in message
news:j2*****************@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net... Steve,
You also want to use wildcards. A '?' represents any 1 character and a
'*' represents one or more characters. They are used like this:
Like "?" & "at" returns cat. eat, fat, hat, mat, ....
Note that the expression only returns 3-letter words because '?' represents only 1 character!
Like "*" & "at" cat, eat, fat, hat, mat, meat, what, ....
Note that the expression here requires the words to end in 'at' but
there can be any number of letters in front of 'at'
Wildcards can also be used in the middle of an expression or at the end.
Like "s" & "?" & "ar" will return scar, star, ...
Like "s" & "*" & "ar" will return all words beginning with 's' and
ending with 'ar'
Like "m" & "?" will return all two-letter words beginning with 'm', ma,
me, mi Like "m" & "*" will return all words begimming with 'm'
to contrast, me will be returmed as well as Massachusetts and
Mississippi
--
PC Datasheet
Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications
re******@pcdatasheet.com
www.pcdatasheet.com
"Steve" <st***@work.com> wrote in message
news:c5**********@news.netins.net... Hello,
I currently have a query that takes it's criteria from a form. All works well except when a name is mis-spelled in the database. My thought was to try to use the "like" command as part of the critera. My problem is
that when I use it, it finds no records. Need a little help please.
TIA
Steve
"Steve" <st***@work.com> wrote in message news:c5**********@news.netins.net... I tried the following criteria, Like [forms]![lookup]!["Last" & "*"], with
no luck. Is it even possible use like in this context or am I chasing my
tail? The information was helpful to me for the future, thank you.
Steve
"PC Datasheet" <sp**@nospam.spam> wrote in message
news:j2*****************@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net... Steve,
You also want to use wildcards. A '?' represents any 1 character and a '*'
represents one or more characters. They are used like this:
Like "?" & "at" returns cat. eat, fat, hat, mat, ....
Note that the expression only returns 3-letter words because '?'
represents only 1 character!
Like "*" & "at" cat, eat, fat, hat, mat, meat, what, ....
Note that the expression here requires the words to end in 'at' but
there can be any number of letters in front of 'at'
Wildcards can also be used in the middle of an expression or at the end.
Like "s" & "?" & "ar" will return scar, star, ...
Like "s" & "*" & "ar" will return all words beginning with 's' and ending
with 'ar'
Like "m" & "?" will return all two-letter words beginning with 'm', ma,
me, mi Like "m" & "*" will return all words begimming with 'm'
to contrast, me will be returmed as well as Massachusetts and Mississippi
--
PC Datasheet
Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications
re******@pcdatasheet.com
www.pcdatasheet.com
"Steve" <st***@work.com> wrote in message
news:c5**********@news.netins.net... Hello,
I currently have a query that takes it's criteria from a form. All works well except when a name is mis-spelled in the database. My thought was to try to use the "like" command as part of the critera. My problem is that
when I use it, it finds no records. Need a little help please.
TIA
Steve
Steve,
Your syntax is incorrect!
Try:
Like [forms]![lookup]![Last] & "*"
Steve
PC Datasheet
"Steve" <st***@work.com> wrote in message news:c5**********@news.netins.net... I tried the following criteria, Like [forms]![lookup]!["Last" & "*"], with
no luck. Is it even possible use like in this context or am I chasing my
tail? The information was helpful to me for the future, thank you.
Steve
"PC Datasheet" <sp**@nospam.spam> wrote in message
news:j2*****************@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net... Steve,
You also want to use wildcards. A '?' represents any 1 character and a '*'
represents one or more characters. They are used like this:
Like "?" & "at" returns cat. eat, fat, hat, mat, ....
Note that the expression only returns 3-letter words because '?'
represents only 1 character!
Like "*" & "at" cat, eat, fat, hat, mat, meat, what, ....
Note that the expression here requires the words to end in 'at' but
there can be any number of letters in front of 'at'
Wildcards can also be used in the middle of an expression or at the end.
Like "s" & "?" & "ar" will return scar, star, ...
Like "s" & "*" & "ar" will return all words beginning with 's' and ending
with 'ar'
Like "m" & "?" will return all two-letter words beginning with 'm', ma,
me, mi Like "m" & "*" will return all words begimming with 'm'
to contrast, me will be returmed as well as Massachusetts and Mississippi
--
PC Datasheet
Your Resource For Help With Access, Excel And Word Applications
re******@pcdatasheet.com
www.pcdatasheet.com
"Steve" <st***@work.com> wrote in message
news:c5**********@news.netins.net... Hello,
I currently have a query that takes it's criteria from a form. All works well except when a name is mis-spelled in the database. My thought was to try to use the "like" command as part of the critera. My problem is that
when I use it, it finds no records. Need a little help please.
TIA
Steve
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