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Old 02-26-08, 00:00
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Talking wildcards in query

hi,
can i use wildcards in where clause and in innerjoin clause?
e.g.
where table1.column1 = '*.12345'
inner join table2 on table1.*.id* = table2.id

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Old 02-26-08, 02:35
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yes, you can use wildcards, but only in literals

no, it's not an asterisk, it's the percent sign, and it's used only with LIKE

you cannot use wildcards with column names
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