Try changing the query to say:

select * 
from sonusrpt 
where lower(subject) like '%general%'
/


--- "Nguyen, David M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running oracle8i on solaris8.  I have a word (
> General ) in my column
> named "subject", I try to run SQL using LIKE and %
> to grep any data having
> the word ( General ) but it displayed no rows
> selected.  Does someone have
> any idea why?  Below is my SQL I used.
> 
> SQL> select * from sonusrpt where subject like
> '%general%';
> 
> no rows selected.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> David
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