Wild Card Selection in BEX

Hi Gurus,
I am trying to use the wild cards in Query in the selection screen . I have created a variable of type " Selection Option ".
Now when I execute the report it is giving a box before the input box, and when I select * from that box and executing the query, I am not getting the required results.
From ex: when i give : G19 in input box with * in the box before the input box , it is displaying as "No Applicable Data Found. " , even though data is present for G197.
Can some one explain me how to use wild cards in query.
Thanks in advance,
Ananya

Check this:
Wild cards in Select-options and Parameters
how to enable wild search(*) on a query variable
Note: That feature is not available in BI 7.0.
It works only with BW 3.x queries.
Re: Using wild card * in the selection screen
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Re: Wild Card Selection in BEX
Hope it helps..
Edited by: ashok saha on Mar 18, 2008 8:54 PM

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Thanks in Advance
Edited by: user13104802 on Jul 31, 2010 6:31 AM
Edited by: user13104802 on Jul 31, 2010 6:31 AM
Edited by: user13104802 on Jul 31, 2010 6:33 AM

I welcome all your suggestions as this is reallly a crucial for me to get that search faster....You might want to explore Oracle Text (Index).
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:415419367128
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/FullTextIndexingUsingOracleText9i.php
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