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SQL - WILDCARD OPERATORS

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We already have discussed SQL LIKE operator, which is used to compare a value to similar values
using wildcard operators.
SQL supports following two wildcard operators in conjunction with the LIKE operator:
Wildcards

Description

The percent sign

Matches one or more characters. Note that MS Access uses the


asterisk wildcard character instead of the percent sign wildcard
character.

The underscore _

Matches one character. Note that MS Access uses a question mark


? instead of the underscore _ to match any one character.

The percent sign represents zero, one, or multiple characters. The underscore represents a single
number or character. The symbols can be used in combinations.

Syntax:
The basic syntax of '%' and '_' is as follows:
SELECT FROM table_name
WHERE column LIKE 'XXXX%'
or
SELECT FROM table_name
WHERE column LIKE '%XXXX%'
or
SELECT FROM table_name
WHERE column LIKE 'XXXX_'
or
SELECT FROM table_name
WHERE column LIKE '_XXXX'
or
SELECT FROM table_name
WHERE column LIKE '_XXXX_'

You can combine N number of conditions using AND or OR operators. Here, XXXX could be any
numeric or string value.

Example:
Here are number of examples showing WHERE part having different LIKE clause with '%' and '_'
operators:
Statement

Description

WHERE SALARY LIKE


'200%'

Finds any values that start with 200

WHERE SALARY LIKE


'%200%'

Finds any values that have 200 in any position

WHERE SALARY LIKE


'_00%'

Finds any values that have 00 in the second and third positions

WHERE SALARY LIKE


'2_%_%'

Finds any values that start with 2 and are at least 3 characters in
length

WHERE SALARY LIKE '%2'

Finds any values that end with 2

WHERE SALARY LIKE


'_2%3'

Finds any values that have a 2 in the second position and end with
a3

WHERE SALARY LIKE


'2___3'

Finds any values in a five-digit number that start with 2 and end
with 3

Let us take a real example, consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records:
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME
| AGE | ADDRESS
| SALARY
|
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh
| 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 2 | Khilan
| 25 | Delhi
| 1500.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota
| 2000.00 |
| 4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai
| 6500.00 |
| 5 | Hardik
| 27 | Bhopal
| 8500.00 |
| 6 | Komal
| 22 | MP
| 4500.00 |
| 7 | Muffy
| 24 | Indore
| 10000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

Following is an example, which would display all the records from CUSTOMERS table where
SALARY starts with 200:
SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS
WHERE SALARY LIKE '200%';

This would produce the following result:


+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| ID | NAME
| AGE | ADDRESS
| SALARY
|
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
| 1 | Ramesh
| 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
| 3 | kaushik | 23 | Kota
| 2000.00 |
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+

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