>The following is compliant with VFP and SQL Server:
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>SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE MyCharacterField LIKE "P%"
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>where the double quote has to be changed for a single quote in SQL Server. The inclusion of the text string in here is only as representative as in my environment, it is of course passed as a parameter. But, my question is mostly about the LIKE syntax. Is this universal? Is the LIKE syntax recognized in Oracle, for example?

Yes it is part of ANSI SQL92 specification.
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