MS Access query: why does LIKE behave differently when being called from VB6 app?

Question

I don\'t do a lot of coding with VB6, but I\'m updating an existing app now and just encountered a snag.

I figured out the problem. In VB6, queries must use the

Answer 1

Access will use a subset of ANSI-89 wildcards by default, VB6, connecting through ADO will use ANSI-92.

Operator Comparison

Changing the mode Access uses