From: Bill Fink Subject: ANSI Question Date: 1997/04/30 Message-ID: <3367D74E.ADA1C81D@kpmg.com>#1/1 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc I have a question that I would hope somebody can answer.

Why is the ANSI standard for a wildcard a % and not a *??

In UNIX, Windows, DOS, MVS, Tandem, and many other O/S, the wildcard character is a *.

Please email your response.

Bill Fink
wfink@kpmg.com