'***********************SQL EXAMPLES OF HOW TO S E A R C H F O R S T R I N G S***************** 'IMPORTANT!!!! In .NET, we use the % to indicate a wildcard. In previous versions, we used * 'the * won't work in C#.Net inside a SQL statement! '---This selects all matches of "j" 'SQL = "SELECT * From Customers WHERE LastName Like 'j%'" '---This selects whatever they type in txtSearch 'SQL = "SELECT * From Customers WHERE LastName Like '" & Trim(txtSearch.Text) & "%" & "'" '**************************************************************************************