U.M. (Mac OS)

4-20 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
You can’t enter search criteria in container fields, summary fields, or
global fields.
To find values that are
Use this
operator
For example, enter this
in the field
Less than the value to the right of the
symbol
< <40
<9/7/1998
Less than or equal to the value to the
right of the symbol
≤
or
<=
≤95129
≤05:00:00
Greater than the value to the right of
the symbol
> >95129
>9/7/1998
Greater than or equal to the value to
the right of the symbol
≥
or
>=
≥100
≥8:00
Exactly as you specify, although the
field may contain other values
(additional words, for example)
= =John
Exactly as you specify, in the order
you specify, and the field contains no
other values
== ==John
Within the range you specify.
A range is first to last character in the
alphabet for text; least to greatest for
numeric; and earliest to latest for date
and time.
... (three periods)
or
… (ellipsis)
or
.. (two periods)
12:30...17:30
1/1/98..6/6/98
Duplicate values (for example, to
examine duplicate records in a
mailing list)
! !
Today’s date // //
Invalid dates, times, or calculated
results
? ?
One unknown or variable text
character
@ @on
Zero or more unknown or variable
text characters
* J*n
In fields (to find fields that contain
values)
* *
Literal text (text exactly as it appears,
but regardless of uppercase or
lowercase) in a text field
" " " "
", Ltd."
Empty fields (for example, to find
records of unfilled orders)
= =