Question

Using Microsoft Access I want to set a filter for records which include spaces. I tried double escaping by using '""' to no avail.

I have a table like so:

ID    Title
1     Green
2     Blue Yacht 
3     Yellow

and a form just displaying these records. When I now set the filter:

Form.Filter = "TestTable.Title LIKE '*Yellow*'"

it works like a charm. But when trying to filter for “Blue Yacht”

Form.Filter = "TestTable.Title LIKE '*Blue Yacht*'"

I get an empty result. Filtering for just Blue works like it is supposed to. Somehow Access doesn’t like the spaces in the filter. How can I filter for e.g. “Blue “ or “Blue Yacht”?

Answer 1

That’s very strange behaviour, it should work fine as is, you could try using the Chr code instead of the space:

Form.Filter = "TestTable.Title LIKE '*Blue" & Chr(32) & "Yacht*'"