Microsoft Access Wildcards Tutorial (Find Data Fast with Queries)
Learn how to use wildcards in Microsoft Access queries to search, filter, and retrieve data more efficiently. In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to use wildcard characters, date criteria, ranges, null values, and the Like operator to find exactly the records you need.
Wildcards are one of the most powerful tools in Microsoft Access because they allow you to search for partial matches instead of exact values. Whether you're working with customer records, product names, dates, or missing information, wildcard criteria can dramatically improve your query results.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
• How to search for specific dates in Access
• How to use the Between...And operator
• How to filter records within date ranges
• How to use functions like Date() in query criteria
• How to find missing values with Is Null
• How to use the Like operator
• How to use the asterisk (*) wildcard
• How to search by letter ranges with square brackets []
• How to exclude values using Not and !
TIMESTAMPS:
00:01 Introduction to wildcards and query criteria
00:52 Searching for a specific date
01:26 Using Between...And for date ranges
02:24 Finding recent records with Date()
03:06 Finding records with missing values using Is Null
03:52 Using Like and the asterisk wildcard
06:02 Using square brackets to search letter ranges
07:34 Excluding ranges with ! and Not
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