How do I select records were a field contains a key word??

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OldManEd

I have a field named [Comments], a text field. I want to create a query that
selects records that contain the word "Not" somewhere (anywhere) in the
field. Is this possible?

OldEd
 
OldManEd said:
I have a field named [Comments], a text field. I want to create a
query that selects records that contain the word "Not" somewhere
(anywhere) in the field. Is this possible?

OldEd
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WHERE Comments Like "* not *"
 
Thanks, that worked. I was missing the "*"s
Ed.

Rick Brandt said:
OldManEd said:
I have a field named [Comments], a text field. I want to create a
query that selects records that contain the word "Not" somewhere
(anywhere) in the field. Is this possible?

OldEd
Click to expand...

...
WHERE Comments Like "* not *"
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