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Common Database Search Criteria

The document describes various criteria that can be used for database searches, including mathematical criteria using symbols like greater than and less than to search for values above or below a certain number, logical operators like between, or, and not to combine criteria, like criteria using wildcards to search for fields containing or starting/ending with certain text, and ways to search for null fields or fields of a certain character length.

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Common Database Search Criteria

The document describes various criteria that can be used for database searches, including mathematical criteria using symbols like greater than and less than to search for values above or below a certain number, logical operators like between, or, and not to combine criteria, like criteria using wildcards to search for fields containing or starting/ending with certain text, and ways to search for null fields or fields of a certain character length.

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Database Search Criteria

Mathematical Criteria
> More Than or After >100 for example
< Less Than or Before <100 for example
>= More Than or Equal To >=100 for example
<= Less Than or Equal To <=100 for example

Logical Operators
Between And Between 1980 And 2000 for example
Or January Or April for example
Not Used to exclude data – Not 2000 for example

Like Criteria
Like * * Contains the words…… - Like *kite* for example
Like a* Fields starting with a for example
Like *a Fields ending with a for example

Finding fields with no data


Null Used to display fields that contain no data

Searching fields that contain a certain number of characters


“?????” Used to search fields for particular number of
characters (in this case 5)

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