Index: wp-includes/query.php
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--- wp-includes/query.php	(revision 12539)
+++ wp-includes/query.php	(working copy)
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@
 		if ( ! empty($q['meta_key']) )
 			$where .= $wpdb->prepare(" AND $wpdb->postmeta.meta_key = %s ", $q['meta_key']);
 		if ( ! empty($q['meta_value']) ) {
-			if ( ! isset($q['meta_compare']) || empty($q['meta_compare']) || ! in_array($q['meta_compare'], array('=', '!=', '>', '>=', '<', '<=')) )
+			if ( ! isset($q['meta_compare']) || empty($q['meta_compare']) || ! in_array($q['meta_compare'], array('=', '!=', '>', '>=', '<', '<=', '<>', 'LIKE', 'NOT LIKE')) )
 				$q['meta_compare'] = '=';
 
 			$where .= $wpdb->prepare("AND $wpdb->postmeta.meta_value {$q['meta_compare']} %s ", $q['meta_value']);
@@ -2725,4 +2725,4 @@
 	return true;
 }
 
-?>
+?>
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