• I tested your code and it returned your expected results.

    Contains(dbcode, '"*3*"') is the valid FTS format, however you cannot use * as  a prefix as it is used as a suffix,
    so Contains(dbcode, '"3*"') is the only correct format but probably will not return what you want

    Please supply sample variations for dbcode and which ones you want to select

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    Anon.