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

I've never seen the asterisk character used as a wildcard for a like statement (just everywhere else) -- generally speaking the percentage sign is what you would need to use.