>>I am trying to create a view to take a variable that is filled with a search string and query that against a SQL table that will partially match the SQL table field. I can find the records of the search string matches the whole table field but if only a part of the search string is found in the record it returns nothing...Can anyone help here? Thanks again!
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>>Gary
>If I understand correctly your problem may be one or both of the following
>1) Try SET EXACT OFF
>2) In your SELECT statement make sure that you have field=trim(variable)
>The point being ensuring that variable is on the right side ot the "="
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>Hope this helps (HTH) //:^)

you can also write the WHERE clause:

... where FieldName like '%&MyVar.%'

This will return rows where your variable text string is anywhere in the field, not just at the beginning of the field.