Using wildcards in custom find methods with CMP beans

Hi,
I'd like to create a custom find method called findByName which accepts a string. I'd typically want to use the string in a '%<name>%' scenario, where the user needn't type in the whole name. Does anybody know what the partial query should look like? I'm not sure how to concatenate the '%' symbol to the string taken in.
Thanks in advance
Gillian

Gillian-
Bind variables are of the form $1, $2, etc., so try using a query stmt like this:
select * from YOURTABLE where name like '%$1%'
Regards,
-Jon

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