I have a table with name of people. In this table there is 'MENDEZ PATRICIA' If I try SELECT * FROM people WHERE nom LIKE 'MEND%' result => MENDEZ PATRICIA If I try SELECT * FROM people WHERE nom LIKE 'MENDEZ%' result => empty (here is the problem) If I try SELECT * FROM people WHERE nom LIKE 'MENDEZ P%' result => MENDEZ PATRICIA Thank for this beautiful database. thil