Hi I had trouble with getting this: select * from qryPerson where Surname like '%urnet%' (where I had given urnet as the search text.) The following works, and as I couldn't find a solution in the docs or mailing list, I thought I'd post it here for others as dumb as me to see:-) <dtml-let Surname="'%' + Surname + '%'"> select * from qryPerson where <dtml-sqltest Surname op=like type=string> </dtml-let> Mind you, I can't help thinking that the op=eq should be clever enough to use 'like' when a string contains wildcards. Regards Neil PS Note for database gurus: Yes, I know that searching with a wild card in front negates my column index.