when performing a string match with wildcards in an sql WHERE statement you must use the SQL word LIKE
SELECT * FROM tickets WHERE LIKE %fr.Airline% Hope this helps Nic -----Original Message----- From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Panayiotis Periorellis Sent: 30 March 2002 11:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SQL syntax Hello All, This is a rather simple question. Can someone help me with the syntax of this SQL? String sql= "SELECT * FROM tickets Where Name=%fr.Airline%" I want Name to be equal to the variable fr.Airline which is a string....but I get syntax error ..can some help? =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
