lotus notes - db.search & wildcard character & lotusscript -

i doing db.search , search in such way status ( field here ) come result, want use wildcard "*", can please me here

below should work ?

@contains(status;"*")  

thanks

if want find non-empty status, don't need wildcarding. use this:

status <> "" 

if care existence of status field, whether it's filled in or empty, can use

@isavailable(status)