>Hi,
>
>For some reason my application has to interact with an Access .MDB file. I use ODBC and ADO to interact with this .MDB.
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>I cannot get the following sql statement to return values:
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>select * from addresses where name like "*DAVID*"
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>where Addresses is a table in the MDB and Name is a one of the fields in it.
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>In Access, executing this selection does return records.
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>Is it ADO, ODBC or me?
>
>TIA,
>
>Marc
Marc,
Try:
select * from addresses where name like '%DAVID%'
Regards,
Mike
Michael McLain