Why wont this query give me any results?
SELECT author_name
FROM authors
WHERE author_name = "*Twain, Mark*";
After all, the text string
Twain, Mark
does exist in the author_name table.... (try it out using the database "WEEK1_Q1_Q2_ACCESS2000.mdb" attached here.
This solution shows how to do pattern matching in a MS Access SQL query. It explains the difference between an exact match and pattern match string comparison.