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Wildcard Characters
Most dialog boxes and command line entries support the following wildcard
characters.
These wildcard characters can be used in object data queries and property
queries. To use wildcard characters in SQL queries, refer to your database
software for a list of supported characters.
DescriptionWildcard
Matches any numeric digit.# (pound)
Matches any alphabetic character.@ (at)
Matches any nonalphanumeric character.. (period)
Matches any string, including the null string. It can be used
at the beginning, middle, or end of a string.
* (asterisk) or% (per-
cent)
Matches any single character.? (question mark)
Matches anything but the next pattern.~ (tilde)
Matches any one of the characters enclosed.[ ] (brackets)
Matches any character not enclosed.[~ ] (tilde and brack-
ets)
Specifies a range for a single character when inside brackets.- (hyphen)
Escape character; reads the next character literally.' (reverse quote)
Enters a set when used between items., (comma)
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