>I'm using the view designer, and trying to create (modify, actually) a parameterized view that will allow the user to enter any part of a name for searching.
>What I've tried is SELECT...WHERE...ACCTNAME LIKE UPPER( %?lcAcctName% ).
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>I've tried it without the UPPER (the names are stored in all uppercase anyway), and with the question mark to the left of the first percent sign, but in no case does it prompt me for the value, and it always returns no records. The variable is not defined; when I remove the percent signs, it prompt me to enter the value.
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>I haven't used the LIKE operator much, nor the % and _ wildcards, so this is a new area for me.
>

Try WHERE ?lcAcctName $ UPPER(AcctName)

if you want check if the content of lcAcctName appears anywhere in ACCTNAME.

Example: lcAcctName='SMITH'

matches John Smith, Smithsonian Institute, Smithers, arglebarglesmithwhoosh

WHERE LIKE(?lcAcctName, UPPER(AcctName))

where lcAcctName contains a template using the * (0..n characters) and ? (exactly one character) wildcards.

lcAcctName = 'SMITH*' matches anything starting with SMITH,
lcAcctName = '*SMITH' matches anything ending in SMITH,
lcAcctname = '*SMITH*' matches anything containing SMITH
lcAcctname = 'SM*TH' matches SMITH, SMYTH, SMOOTH, SMTH
lcAcctName = 'SM?TH' matches SMITH, SMYTH but not SMOOTH or SMTH

>Thanks for any help.
>Mark
>Mganchrow@networks-inc.net