FindParameters.searchText wild card?

Question

I'm having success with the FindParameters class, but am finding a limitation in what I am able to use for the .searchText property.

For instance:
findParams.searchText = "John Smith" //does NOT find a value of 'John A Smith'

Is there a wild card character or operator syntax that I could add that would return a result as such?

Maybe something like...
findParams.searchText = "John%%Smith" or
findParams.searchText = "John AND Smith"

Thanks-

MikeVolz · Answer

Does this wildcard limitation still exist with the Find Task?

aubinmaynard · Answer

I'm stumbling through learning coding, and need to do such a multiple search.  Any chance I can see a complete example of some working code using the query function?

Thanks,

AYou can search for the same string in multiple fields using "Find" but I don't think that is what you are aiming for.

To search for multiple strings you either send multiple "Find" requests, or you can send a single "Query" (if it's only on one layer). 
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/tasks/supportClasses/Query.html

BjornSvensson · Answer

Can I search on different fields in a single query? Meaning, search for field1 = 'Value1', field2 = 'Value2', etc?
...
But I need to search multiple values, how can I do that?

You can search for the same string in multiple fields using "Find" but I don't think that is what you are aiming for.

To search for multiple strings you either send multiple "Find" requests, or you can send a single "Query" (if it's only on one layer). 
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/tasks/supportClasses/Query.html