simple sql query !

whats wrong with this sql ::
select * from DTDC_Service_Offices where city like 'A*' order by city, branchname

in MS Access its resulting in 30 records but when fired from VB its returning 0 records, is there any problem with the * sign or what is it ? can't figure it out.
thanx

Your code, as entered here, is correct. It will return records as requested. If you are returning 0 records, you might check to ensure that there is not an imbedded space before the "A". It's either something like that or you have no cities beginning with "A" :-).

i have cities beginning with A, but this query is not working with VB....... can't figure it out still !!

Kan -

Just to make sure I haven't completely lost it, I took one of our tables with plenty of records and ran your sql against it; it came out just fine. Then, I created the same sql, but "accidentally" threw in a space after the apostr (' A*'). I got 0 records returned. I tried a number of other times, using other spurious chars. Each one gave me 0 records.

Try using a copy-paste to put your code here (don't type it). Let's see if there IS a spurious char.

i tried copy pasting it ........ still giving 0 records
and there's no space before A

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i've a variable mysql which contains
mysql="select * from DTDC_Service_Offices where city like 'A*' order by city, branchname"

Set rsDtdc = rc.OpenResultset(mysql, rdOpenKeyset, rdConcurRowVer)

and its returning 0 records

Kan-

Can you show me how you set your environment and connection? Additionally, why use RDO for an Access database? DAO is so much simpler and less prone to error.

Public re As rdoEnvironment
Public rc As rdoConnection

rdoEngine.rdoDefaultCursorDriver = rdUseClientBatch
Set re = rdoEngine.rdoEnvironments(0)
re.CursorDriver = rdUseOdbc
Set rc = re.OpenConnection("courier", Connect:="uid=; pwd=sandy")


there's an odbc set named 'courier' for the databade