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Question 9

In writing a SELECT statement using structured query language (SQL) within Microsoft's Access database, the * character can be used in the WHERE clause to tell the database that any value is acceptable. For instance, the clause

WHERE lastname LIKE 'H*'
would filter results to include only records for which the value in the "lastname" field begins with H, regardless of what comes after. Making reference to card game nomenclature, what is Access's * usually called?

Wildcard

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