Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Service Management2017.11

Administer > Database administration > Data persistence > Queries > Use the like relational operator

Use the like relational operator

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator

Example: Retrieve all contact records that contain the letter e as the second letter of the last name.

In this example, we execute a like query where the full.name field is like ?e* and then displays a record list containing all matching records.

To use the like relational operator:

Click System Administration > Base System Configuration > Contacts.
Type ?e* in the Full Name field.
Press Enter.
Click any record to view the details.

Note: This query contains two wildcard characters, which triggers Database Manager to automatically generate a like query. A like query does not automatically generate a starts with query. For example, to see all records that start with any character followed by e* with any number of characters following, type ?e\** in the last.name field. The returned records include those where the last.name is like Ae*, he*e, fe*, Be*bcdefg, and so on.

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