Question

I want to use the like command in a query to find specific results in Access. In the field that I want to utilize the like command has the wildcard (*) command in that field, which I want to search by. Is there a way around this? Example below:

    SELECT *
    FROM TABLE_NAME
    WHERE FIELD_NAME LIKE '*'

Answer 1

Assuming you want to find columns that actually contain an asterisk (*) via the LIKE operator, here is an idea to try (see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/using-wildcard-characters-in-string-comparisons-HP001032284.aspx )

SELECT *
FROM TABLE_NAME
WHERE FIELD_NAME LIKE '[*]'

The square brackets indicate that it’s a literal asterisk to match, and not a wildcard.