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Here's our Tip for.. June 3, 2002
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You probably know that you can combine the LIKE operator with the * character to find approximate matches. For instance, all of the following are legitimate search strings:
LIKE "rabbits"
LIKE "rab*"
LIKE "*abbits"
LIKE "*abb*
All of the above will match the string rabbits. However, LIKE "rabbits" and LIKE "rab*" are both faster than the other two examples. That's because Access sets a temporary index when you use the LIKE operator with an asterisk at the end of a string. When possible, use the asterisk character at the end of a LIKE search string.
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