Like clause

[StefanPienaar]

Hi

I have a windows application with an Access database where I execute the following:

cmd.CommandText = "SELECT Id FROM Users WHERE surname LIKE \"p*\"";

I'm trying to find all users who's surname starts with "P".

When I fill a dataset using the above no results are returned but when I take that exact string and run it directly in Access it returns the correct Id.

Any ideas why (or how if im doing it incorrecly) no data is being returned? The connection and everything else is fine because if I do a simple SELECT id FROM users it returns records.

I have promised myself to never use access as a database again as I have had countless problems thus far where an SQL Express database wouldnt have.

Thanks
Stefan

[Denburt]

Try the following:

cmd.CommandText = "SELECT Id FROM Users WHERE surname LIKE 'p*'"

or

cmd.CommandText = "SELECT Id FROM Users WHERE surname LIKE ""p*"""

[StefanPienaar]

Hi Denburt

Thanks for the reply but the results are the same :(

[Jim Doherty]

Hi Denburt

Thanks for the reply but the results are the same :(

Hmm.. Stefan me thinks ansii

try the percent sign instead of asterisk

Jim

[StefanPienaar]

Hi Jim

Thanks for the quick response but I've opted to rather fill my grid with the entire recordset and then filter it programmatically with c# using a dataview.

Thanks.
Stefan