Wildcard Character Placement in MS Query

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I am attempting to establish a parameter in Excel containing a wildcard
before the prompt. I have successfully written it in access as: Like
"*"&[Enter City]) but cannot successfully accomplish it in MS Query. I am
currently entering the wildcard as part of the prompt response but this
limits me in other areas. Thank you for your help.
 
Try this:

Like '%' & [Enter City]

Does that help?
--------------------------

Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)
 
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I received the following error
message:
"Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals boolean AND, type equals
varchar. Statement(s) could not be prepared."

Any other ideas?

Ron Coderre said:
Try this:

Like '%' & [Enter City]

Does that help?
--------------------------

Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)


DT said:
I am attempting to establish a parameter in Excel containing a wildcard
before the prompt. I have successfully written it in access as: Like
"*"&[Enter City]) but cannot successfully accomplish it in MS Query. I am
currently entering the wildcard as part of the prompt response but this
limits me in other areas. Thank you for your help.
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I tested my posted LIKE clause using MS Query against an MS Access database.
Are you querying another kind of database?

Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)

DT said:
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I received the following error
message:
"Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals boolean AND, type equals
varchar. Statement(s) could not be prepared."

Any other ideas?

Ron Coderre said:
Try this:

Like '%' & [Enter City]

Does that help?
--------------------------

Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)


DT said:
I am attempting to establish a parameter in Excel containing a wildcard
before the prompt. I have successfully written it in access as: Like
"*"&[Enter City]) but cannot successfully accomplish it in MS Query. I
am
currently entering the wildcard as part of the prompt response but this
limits me in other areas. Thank you for your help.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Use % sign as wild card with single quotes eg : Like '%n' will return all
entries ending with n
 
I'm using an SQL server database connected through ODBC to get data from the
tables.

Ron Coderre said:
I tested my posted LIKE clause using MS Query against an MS Access database.
Are you querying another kind of database?

Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)

DT said:
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I received the following error
message:
"Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals boolean AND, type equals
varchar. Statement(s) could not be prepared."

Any other ideas?

Ron Coderre said:
Try this:

Like '%' & [Enter City]

Does that help?
--------------------------

Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)


I am attempting to establish a parameter in Excel containing a wildcard
before the prompt. I have successfully written it in access as: Like
"*"&[Enter City]) but cannot successfully accomplish it in MS Query. I
am
currently entering the wildcard as part of the prompt response but this
limits me in other areas. Thank you for your help.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Does this work same way with Excel (as database) using OLE DB or ADO.NET?

I mean, can I use this wildcard charaters sameway when i am retrieving excel
data using OLE DB connection from VB.NET?

Thanks for your response and time,
Ramesh

Anu said:
Use % sign as wild card with single quotes eg : Like '%n' will return all
entries ending with n

DT said:
I am attempting to establish a parameter in Excel containing a wildcard
before the prompt. I have successfully written it in access as: Like
"*"&[Enter City]) but cannot successfully accomplish it in MS Query. I am
currently entering the wildcard as part of the prompt response but this
limits me in other areas. Thank you for your help.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Sorry, I should have tried and asked the question here. It works same way!

selectCommand = "SELECT * FROM MR WHERE Name LIKE 'R%'"

Thanks
Ramesh

Ramesh said:
Does this work same way with Excel (as database) using OLE DB or ADO.NET?

I mean, can I use this wildcard charaters sameway when i am retrieving excel
data using OLE DB connection from VB.NET?

Thanks for your response and time,
Ramesh

Anu said:
Use % sign as wild card with single quotes eg : Like '%n' will return all
entries ending with n

DT said:
I am attempting to establish a parameter in Excel containing a wildcard
before the prompt. I have successfully written it in access as: Like
"*"&[Enter City]) but cannot successfully accomplish it in MS Query. I am
currently entering the wildcard as part of the prompt response but this
limits me in other areas. Thank you for your help.
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CAST(? AS VARCHAR) + '%' ? represents variable. It does not work for empty variable. Still working on that one.



Rames wrote:

Sorry, I should have tried and asked the question here. It works same way!
12-Feb-08

Sorry, I should have tried and asked the question here. It works same way

selectCommand = "SELECT * FROM MR WHERE Name LIKE 'R%'

Thank
Rames

:

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Wildcard Character Placement in MS Query
I am attempting to establish a parameter in Excel containing a wildcard
before the prompt. I have successfully written it in access as: Like
"*"&[Enter City]) but cannot successfully accomplish it in MS Query. I am
currently entering the wildcard as part of the prompt response but this
limits me in other areas. Thank you for your help.

Re: Wildcard Character Placement in MS Query
Try this

Like '%' & [Enter City

Does that help
-------------------------

Regards

Ro
Microsoft MVP (Excel
(XL2003, Win XP)

Thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I received the following error
message:
"Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals boolean AND, type equals
varchar. Statement(s) could not be prepared.

Any other ideas

:

I tested my posted LIKE clause using MS Query against an MS Access database.
I tested my posted LIKE clause using MS Query against an MS Access database
Are you querying another kind of database

Regards

Ro
Microsoft MVP (Excel
(XL2003, Win XP)

RE: Wildcard Character Placement in MS Query
Use % sign as wild card with single quotes eg : Like '%n' will return al
entries ending with

:

I'm using an SQL server database connected through ODBC to get data from the
I am using an SQL server database connected through ODBC to get data from th
tables

:

Does this work same way with Excel (as database) using OLE DB or ADO.NET?
Does this work same way with Excel (as database) using OLE DB or ADO.NET

I mean, can I use this wildcard charaters sameway when i am retrieving excel
data using OLE DB connection from VB.NET

Thanks for your response and time
Rames

:

Sorry, I should have tried and asked the question here. It works same way!
Sorry, I should have tried and asked the question here. It works same way

selectCommand = "SELECT * FROM MR WHERE Name LIKE 'R%'

Thank
Rames

:


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