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SQL Wildcards, Targeting a Record, Special Search, Specific, Field |
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February 08, 2013 |
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How do I find a record where I am unsure of the spelling?
How do I find a record where I am not sure of the spelling?
We have a few undocumented ways to search for data in your database.
For this article I will use just the Last Name field. The techniques discussed here will work for any non-numeric field.
| Operator |
Result |
Example |
| > |
returns all records greater than x |
>d, returns all names after CZZZZZZZZ |
| < |
returns all records less than x |
<d, return all names before D |
| /n |
returns all records where this field is NOT BLANK |
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| /b |
returns all records where this field is ALL BLANK |
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| % |
when used as the first character, will return any record that matches those characters that follow ANYWHERE within that field. |
%mund will return Amundsen, Adelmund, Aasmundrud, etc. |
How you would enter these is shown below:
The last example is especially useful when you don't know what the name begins with, but you at least know a few letters.
If you were looking for Kuehnemund and only heard it (not seen it), enter: %mund
The system will all names with 'mund' ANYWHERE within the name.
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