David,

> Personally, I don't recall having any success with 'XY%' and for some
> unknown reason have always had to use '%XY%'. Seems weird to me, but
> that has been my experience.

what do you mean? 'XY%' and '%XY%' serve different purposes.
What did you expect from 'XY%' to say it didn't work?
Ciao
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