Text queries accept '?' as a single character wild card and either '%' or '*' as zero-or-more character wild cards.
Dates can be specified in 'YYYY-MM-DD' form, or in 'DD-MON-YYYY' or 'DD MON YY' form (examples: '2009-09-01' or '01-Feb-2009' or '01 Feb 2009' will all work).