Returning records that partially match a value

Question

I\'m trying to get a query working that takes the values (sometimes just the first part of a string) from a form control. The problem I have is that it only returns records

Answer 1

Two things are going on - the comparisions should be reversed and you are not quoting strings properly.

It should be [database field] like "partial string + wild card"

and all strings need to be surrounded by quotes - not sure why your query doesn't throw errors

So the following should work:

,[customerforname] Like  """" & [Forms]![FrmSearchCustomer]![SearchFore] & "*""" )=True

Note the """" that is the only way to append a single double-quote to a string.