Cannot Get SQL Query to Work with "LIKE"

[Guest]

Excel 2003. I have a module that grabs some data from an SQL database using
an ADODB connection. If I use the following in the SQL query, it returns no
data:

(WHERE INVOICENUMBER LIKE 'MS*')

However, if I use the following, I get all the data I expect:

(WHERE INVOICENUMBER>='MS' AND INVOICENUMBER<='MS9999999999999')

What am I doing wrong? How may I properly use the LIKE phrase? Thanks for
any help.

 

[Guest]

Try using a % symbol instead of a * symbol

I bleieve * symbol is used with MS Access and % is used with SQL

 

[Terry Aney]

You could try LIKE 'MS%', the like clause in SQL uses % instead of * but I
would have expected ADO to do the conversion for you.

 

[Guest]

Thank you both for the help. God bless.
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Dr. Doug Pruiett
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You could try LIKE 'MS%', the like clause in SQL uses % instead of * but I
would have expected ADO to do the conversion for you.