Allowable wildcard characters are % and _
The percentage sign is used to represent any number of characters.
The underscore symbol represents exactly one character.
Let's assume the database contains Dahl, Dahlk, Dahlton, Heyerdahl, Heyerdahlk, Heyerdahlen, Udahl, Udahlen, Udahlk,
If you submit:
| Submit | Return Results |
|---|---|
| Dahl | Dahl |
| Dahl_ | Dahl and Dahlk |
| Dahl% | Dahl, Dahlk andDahlen |
| _Dahl | Dahl and Udahl |
| %Dahl | Heyerdahl, Udahl and Dahl |
| _Dahl_ | Udahl, Dahl and Dahlk |
| _Dahl% | Dahl, Dahlk, Dahlen, Udahl, Udahlk and Udahlen |
| %Dahl_ | Dahl, Dahlk, Udahl, Udahlk, Heyerdahl and Heyerdahlk |
| %Dahl% | Dahl, Dahlk, Dahlen, Udahl, Udahlk, Udahlen, Heyerdahl, Heyerdahlk and Heyerdahlen |
If the and radio button is enabled and you search for Dahl, Jessie, only records that contain both Dahl and Jessie will be returned.
If the or radio button is enabled and you search for Dahl, Jessie you will receive:
- All records that contain Dahl
- All records that contain Jessie
- All records that contain both Dahl and Jessie
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