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Q317931: FP: Error 0x80040E14 When Using a Database ‘Contains’ Query

Article: Q317931
Product(s): Word Front Page
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta
Last Modified: 08-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FrontPage 2000 
- Microsoft FrontPage 2002 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use a Contains query to query for data in a Database Results Region, an
error message similar to one of the following appears:

If you are using a Microsoft Access database

  Database Results Error
  Description: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error (missing
  operator) in query expression '(FieldName LIKE '%test's%')'.
  Number: -2147217900 (0x80040E14)
  Source: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers

If you are using a Microsoft SQL Server database

  Database Results Error
  Description: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect
  syntax near 's'.
  Number: -2147217900 (0x80040E14)
  Source: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers

CAUSE
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The criteria you used in the query contains an apostrophe ('). The database
engine interprets the apostrophe to mean the end of the search text.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, use the Dynamic HTML sample in the following
Microsoft Knowledge Base artice:

  Q317924 HOW TO: Use DHTML to Add Wildcards to a Database Query

MORE INFORMATION
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The FrontPage database library routines for reserved characters, such as an
apostrophe, do not parse queries that use Contains criteria but do parse queries
that use Like criteria. Queries using contains criteria are not parsed by the
FrontPage database library routines for reserved characters, such as an
apostrophe, although queries using Like criteria are. Queries using Contains
criteria are wrapped in wildcard characters. This allows searching for the
specified criteria anywhere within the database field. Queries using Like
criteria are parsed for reserved characters. These characters are converted to
escape sequences, and then compared exactly with the database.

A query using Like criteria can function as a Contains query. To achieve this
functionality, simply enclose the search text inside percent signs (%), like
this:

  %My Search Text%


REFERENCES
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For additional information about additional errors that may appear when you work
with the Database Results Region, click the article numbers below to view the
articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q265320 FP2000: Error Message When You Query the Database

  Q299911 FP2002: Error Message Appears in Database Results Region

  Q287147 FP: Error Message: 'Database Results Error' When You Update a
  Database Record


Additional query words: front page

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Keywords          : kbdta 
Technology        : kbFrontPageSearch kbFrontPage2002 kbFrontPage2000Search kbFrontPage2002Search kbZNotKeyword5
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbprb

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