I don't know the answer, but consider that if you enter in a TIB_Edit something like:
*DUCK*
while in search mode, the resulting dataset will be of rows containing DUCK (so as LIKE %DUCK%)
This is something your user has to enter manually, or you can intercept before search is made...
Regards
Marco Menardi

--- In IBObjects@y..., <akahanek@q...> wrote:
> Hi All,
> how can I setup searching in TIB_Query in order to search LIKE '%xyz%'
> without typing the 'LIKE' keyword.
> Now it searches with 'STARTING' keyword. I have played with some
> TIB_Connection properties, but with no success.
> Thanks Ales