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Select/Search creates a search form that helps the user contructing basic SELECT... FROM <i>current_table</i> (WHERE...) queries.  The link can be found from the <a href="<%script_url%>?<%do_param%>=help&help_topic=toolbar">tool bar</a> or the <a href="<%script_url%>?<%do_param%>=help&help_topic=table_list">table list</a>.  For more complex queries, please use <a href="<%script_url%>?<%do_param%>=help&help_topic=sql_monitor">SQL Monitor</a> instead.

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	<B>SELECT checkboxes</B>
	<BR>For tables with many fields, sometimes you may not wish irrelevant fields to 
	be shown.  The check the fields that you would like to be displayed and the 
	fields unchecked will not be shown.  The first field is checked automatically.
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	<B>WHERE text field</B>
	<BR>It is basically the WHERE. . . clause of a mySQL query.  You do not need to 
	have to specify the key word <i>where</i> again in the text field.  Please note 
	that ORDER BY. . . will be appended to the end of the query automatically.  
	Therefore, if you would like to sort the result to sort by a particular 
	column, you can do it by clicking on the column name when the result is displayed.
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	<B>Query by example</B>
	<BR>All records with fields matching the value entered in the text fields will be 
	retrieved.  If wildcards are not used, then mySQL looks for exact matches.
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	Wildcard usage:
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	Key_word% - Anything that begins with <I>Key_word</I>.<BR>
	%Key_word - Anything that ends with <I>Key_word</I>.<BR>
	%Key_word% - Anything that contains <I>Key_word</I>.
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