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select * from q:\qa\qdms2000\qdms!document where title like l_cSearchtext
>   into cursor temp
>

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>where l_cSearchText = "%some_value%"
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>Preceding and ending the string with the percent sign is the SQL way of looking for that string anywhere in the field.
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>Value% means the beginning of the field has to start with the value but acn end with anything.
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>__Value [that is value preceded by 2 underlines] means the first 2 characters can be anything. 1 Underscore per character [DOS equivalent to ? per character].
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>where LastName like Sm_th% would find all like Smith, Smythe, Smithsonian, etc.

So the "$" operator should not be used in SQL? Also, then, it would appear that I have to take the text the user enters for SearchText and add the percent signs to the beginning and end of it before using that variable in the SQL statement?

It seems I am always one question away from the answer! *g*