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Subject: Re: SQL find a string in multiple fields
From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:16:36 -0400
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Gerald
You have to be careful
The % in like('%.......%') are wildcards - BUT it does mean that the HAS to be SOMETHING before INVOICE
So in your example
'Invoice Inquiry ', - this would NOT be a hit unless you used like(Invoice%)

The % wildcard will match zero or more characters, so it will work
fine even if what you are searching for is right at the beginning.

John Y.

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