diff --git a/product/ZSQLCatalog/SearchKey/DefaultKey.py b/product/ZSQLCatalog/SearchKey/DefaultKey.py
index a54d5f7c0a694b05661b40d9ccb6111d6babcc4f..b2cc3b73998496be83dfe7133cc458ffc50a1ec8 100644
--- a/product/ZSQLCatalog/SearchKey/DefaultKey.py
+++ b/product/ZSQLCatalog/SearchKey/DefaultKey.py
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ class DefaultKey(SearchKey):
     if operator_text == 'like':
       assert isinstance(value, basestring)
       assert '%' in value
-      result = '%s:%s' % (column, value)
+      result = value
+      if len(column):
+        result = '%s:%s' % (column, result)
     else:
       result = SearchKey.buildSearchTextExpression(self, operator, value, column=column)
     return result