SQL LIKE Operator return nothing

I am working on an intranet application and use Access as the
database.
There is a query that I have
<CFQUERY DATASOURCE="#DSN#" NAME="GET_SEARCH_RESULT">
SELECT * FROM WL_TREES
WHERE TREENAME LIKE '3*'
</CFQUERY>
It returns nothing in ColdFusion, if I copy just the SQL and
run it in Access, it returns with the expected result.
Any idea why ColdFusion query didn't work?
Thanks,
tofuTnT

replace the * with a % and you should be good to go.
HTH
Tim Carley
www.recfusion.com
[email protected]

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Prakash wrote:
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(CODE)
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Hi All,
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(CODE)
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(/CODE)It's great that you're trying to format your code! I wish everyione did that.
Use square brackets ([ and ]) if you want to use [CODE] and [/CODE] tags.
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