Oracle db

I want to check if the first character of the field, 'Name' is "L". I got problem with 'Like'. Besides 'Like', is there anything else I can use for this purpose?

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cnn1.Open "Driver={Microsoft ODBC Driver For Oracle};UID=PO8;PWD=PO8;"

rs.Open "select Name from test WHERE name Like 'L*'", cnn1

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Something wrong with the 'Like' operator. it returns 'eof' when the field, Name has the value of 'Linda'.

Something wrong with my syntax?

Thanks