LIKE Clause in SQL – A Comprehensive Guide

How to search a specified pattern in a column in SQL?

It is used to search a specified pattern in a column. The two wildcards operator used in conjunction with the LIKE operator.

• % – The percent sign is used to represent one or more characters.
• _ – The underscore sign is used to represent only one Character.

Syntax:

SELECT column1, column2….
FROM table_name
WHERE column1 LIKE %XXX;
‘OR’
SELECT column1, column2….
FROM table_name
WHERE column1 LIKE %XXX%;
‘OR’
 
SELECT column1, column2….
FROM table_name
WHERE column1 LIKE _XXX;
‘OR’
SELECT column1, column2….
FROM table_name
WHERE column1 LIKE XX_X;
‘OR’
SELECT column1, column2….
FROM table_name
WHERE column1 LIKE %XX_X;
Example:
SELECT Name, Roll_no
FROM Student_details
WHERE Name LIKE %tesh;