diff --git a/dbaccess/source/core/api/querycomposer.cxx b/dbaccess/source/core/api/querycomposer.cxx
index 01e5adc3fbe6..1c72c7800e84 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/core/api/querycomposer.cxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/core/api/querycomposer.cxx
@@ -225,23 +225,7 @@ void SAL_CALL OQueryComposer::appendFilterByColumn( const Reference< XPropertySe
 
     m_xComposerHelper->setQuery(getQuery());
     m_xComposerHelper->setFilter(::rtl::OUString());
-    sal_Int32 nOp = SQLFilterOperator::EQUAL;
-    if ( column.is() )
-    {
-        sal_Int32 nType = 0;
-        column->getPropertyValue(PROPERTY_TYPE) >>= nType;
-        switch(nType)
-        {
-            case DataType::VARCHAR:
-            case DataType::CHAR:
-            case DataType::LONGVARCHAR:
-                nOp = SQLFilterOperator::LIKE;
-                break;
-            default:
-                nOp = SQLFilterOperator::EQUAL;
-        }
-    }
-    m_xComposerHelper->appendFilterByColumn(column,sal_True,nOp);
+    m_xComposerHelper->appendFilterByColumn(column, sal_True, SQLFilterOperator::EQUAL);
 
     FilterCreator aFilterCreator;
     aFilterCreator.append(getFilter());
diff --git a/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/brwctrlr.cxx b/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/brwctrlr.cxx
index d28d5821a059..a2931e72971f 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/brwctrlr.cxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/brwctrlr.cxx
@@ -2216,22 +2216,7 @@ void SbaXDataBrowserController::Execute(sal_uInt16 nId, const Sequence< Property
 
             sal_Bool bParserSuccess = sal_False;
 
-            sal_Int32 nOp = SQLFilterOperator::EQUAL;
-            if ( xField.is() )
-            {
-                sal_Int32 nType = 0;
-                xField->getPropertyValue(PROPERTY_TYPE) >>= nType;
-                switch(nType)
-                {
-                    case DataType::VARCHAR:
-                    case DataType::CHAR:
-                    case DataType::LONGVARCHAR:
-                        nOp = SQLFilterOperator::LIKE;
-                        break;
-                    default:
-                        nOp = SQLFilterOperator::EQUAL;
-                }
-            }
+            const sal_Int32 nOp = SQLFilterOperator::EQUAL;
 
             if ( bHaving )
             {
diff --git a/forms/source/runtime/formoperations.cxx b/forms/source/runtime/formoperations.cxx
index 3c29f88bc21e..457dcfa77999 100644
--- a/forms/source/runtime/formoperations.cxx
+++ b/forms/source/runtime/formoperations.cxx
@@ -1685,23 +1685,7 @@ namespace frm
     void FormOperations::impl_appendFilterByColumn_throw( const void* _pActionParam ) const
     {
         const param_appendFilterByColumn* pParam = static_cast< const param_appendFilterByColumn* >( _pActionParam );
-        sal_Int32 nOp = SQLFilterOperator::EQUAL;
-        if ( pParam->xField.is() )
-        {
-            sal_Int32 nType = 0;
-            pParam->xField->getPropertyValue(PROPERTY_FIELDTYPE) >>= nType;
-            switch(nType)
-            {
-                case DataType::VARCHAR:
-                case DataType::CHAR:
-                case DataType::LONGVARCHAR:
-                    nOp = SQLFilterOperator::LIKE;
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    nOp = SQLFilterOperator::EQUAL;
-            }
-        }
-        m_xParser->appendFilterByColumn( pParam->xField, sal_True,nOp );
+        m_xParser->appendFilterByColumn( pParam->xField, sal_True, SQLFilterOperator::EQUAL );
     }
 
     //------------------------------------------------------------------------------