SQL LIKE Keyword
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SQL LIKE Keyword
❮ SQL Keywords Reference
LIKE
The LIKE
command is used in a WHERE clause
to search for a specified pattern in a column.
You can use two wildcards with LIKE
:
- % - Represents zero, one, or multiple characters
- _ - Represents a single character (MS Access uses a question mark (?) instead)
The following SQL selects all customers with a CustomerName starting with
"a":
Example
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a%';
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The following SQL selects all customers with a CustomerName ending with "a":
Example
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName LIKE '%a';
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The following SQL selects all customers with a CustomerName that
have "or" in any position:
Example
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName LIKE '%or%';
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The following SQL statement selects all customers with a CustomerName that
starts with "a" and are at least 3 characters in length:
Example
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a_%_%';
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❮ SQL Keywords Reference