Query help

I have this query in the model

 

$params = array(

'conditions' => array(

'Profile.company LIKE' => $i.'*'),

'fields' => array(

'Profile.company',

'Profile.id'),

'contain' => false);

 

$this->find('first', $params);

 

Where $i is a single letter so I am trying to get the first record starting with A for example produces this SQL query

 

SELECT `Profile`.`company`, `Profile`.`id` FROM `profiles` AS `Profile` WHERE `Profile`.`company` LIKE 'A*' LIMIT 1

 

And even though I have a Profile.company record in the database starting with ‘A’ nothing is found. Where am I going wrong? I simply want to find 1 record where the Profile.company starts with $i.

 

Thanks,

 

Dave