Wildcard Parameters in Crystal Reports


Greatly increase the flexibility and effciency of your reports by using a wildcard parameter. This nifty trick can be quite useful when you're searching through textual fields for a specific text pattern.

1. Create a new String parameter and set your default value 'ALL' for parameter.



2. Add the following statement to Select Expert:

If {?WildCard}='ALL' then {Your_DatabaseField} like '*' else
{Your_DatabaseField} like {?Wildcard} & '*'





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