>lets say that i have a clients data base, and i would like to find a person with the name "alvison", in the field Names: how can i search that, and also how can i search in different tables?
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>give me an idea of what im looking for!

What database is this?

You can probably search using a SQL Select statement. Some DB use different syntax though. A regular SQL statement for this would look something like:

Select * From myClientsTable Where FirstName='alvison'

Is this what you are looking for?