Quick Reference
The LIKE keyword is used in a WHERE clause to search for a specified pattern in a column. It can use two wildcards: % and _.
- % – represents zero, one, or multiple characters
- _ – represents a single character
The following selects all customers from the Customers table with a last_name starting with “y”.
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE last_name LIKE 'y%';The following selects all customers from the Customers table with a last_name ending with “y”.
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE last_name LIKE '%y';The following selects all customers from the Customers table with a last_name that has “ea” in any position.
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE last_name LIKE '%ea%';The following selects all customers from the Customers table with a last_name that starts with “a” and are at least 7 characters in length.
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE last_name LIKE 'a______%';SQL Notes:
- Any work being done to modify the structure of a database or delete tables or the the database itself should only be done after making a recent backup
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