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Problem 1:
This filter works: fieldname like "value*"
This filter does not work: fieldname like "*value*"

What am I doing wrong here?

Problem 2:
I have the following sql loaded in the TzQuery:
SELECT.. table1.name, table2.name,.. FROM ... INNER JOIN table1.. table2
Works fine, but when I add a filter of the following form, the "." is not accepted:
Filter: (table1.name like "value*") OR (table2.name like "value*")

How can I define a filert with redundant field names?

Can nobody help me? Am I the only one with these filter problems?

Without deeper study I can't answer your first question. But try debugging the IsMatch function in core\ZMatchPattern.pas.

For the second question: filters never become part of the query statement, so sql syntax doesn't work. You should give the result columns of your queries a unique name like
SELECT.. table1.name as name1, table2.name as name2,.. FROM ... INNER JOIN table1.. table2
Then your filter can reference the field names name1 and name2.

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