Using where clause  with like

Hi all,
im trying to set a block default where clause in the pre-query trigger of my block "customer_settlement" , to query the records that exist in a customers table like this, where the customer_name is variable based on the value entered by the user in enter-query mode before hitting the F8 key , the statement is :
set_block_property( 'customer_settlement' , default_where ,
' fk_cust_code in ( select customer_code from customers where customer_name like %' || :customer_settlement.customer_name ||'% )' );
the query doesnt work and giving me an error " unable to perform query" , notice that :customer_settlement.customer_name is an item in the block , the user change it and would like to query upon it , and its not a base table item on customer_settlement block its on customers table only . I tried all combinations of '%' and || but it seems that oracle can't see the value In the customer_name field.
any help is highly thanked.
im using Oracle form 9.0.4 and Oracle 10g Db.
Regards,
IKQ

Hi,
does this work ?
set_block_property( 'customer_settlement' , default_where ,
' fk_cust_code in ( select customer_code from customers where customer_name like '''%' || :customer_settlement.customer_name ||'%''' )' );
Frank

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