How To Use LIKE Conditions

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How To Use LIKE Conditions? - MySQL FAQs - Introduction to SQL Basics

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A LIKE condition is also called pattern patch. There are 3 main rules on using LIKE condition:

'_' is used in the pattern to match any one character.
'%' is used in the pattern to match any zero or more characters.
ESCAPE clause is used to provide the escape character in the pattern.

The following tutorial exercise provides you some good pattern matching examples:

SELECT 'FYIcenter.com' LIKE '%center%' FROM DUAL;
   1

SELECT 'FYIcenter.com' LIKE '%CENTER%' FROM DUAL;
   1
   -- Case insensitive by default

SELECT 'FYIcenter.com' LIKE '%CENTER_com' FROM DUAL;
   1

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