How to find a string in a returned record in a Crystal Reports report.

Simple, once you know how.

It’s even in the manual, if you can find it in the 500 page tome.*

In Formula Workshop, under Selection Formulas/Record Selection,

"dont want this string" in {database_table.in-this-field-record}

Just like it is in this picture.
 

* there’s four hours of my life I won’t be getting back.

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