{"id":189,"date":"2019-10-05T13:26:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T06:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mariadbtutorial.com\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2020-04-11T23:24:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:24:10","slug":"mariadb-like","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mariadbtutorial.com\/mariadb-basics\/mariadb-like\/","title":{"rendered":"MariaDB Like"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to use the MariaDB like operator to search for strings that match a specific pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction to MariaDB like operator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The MariaDB <code>like<\/code> operator is a logical operator that returns true if a string matches a specific pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pattern includes regular characters and special characters. The special characters are called wildcards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MariaDB supports two wildcards: percent (<code>%<\/code>) and underscore (<code>_)<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The percent wildcard (<code>%<\/code>) matches any string of zero or more characters.<\/li><li>The underscore (<code>_<\/code>) wildcard matches any single character.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The following illustrates the syntax of the <code>like<\/code> operator:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">expression like pattern \n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The <code>like<\/code> operator is used in the <code>where<\/code> clause of the <code>select<\/code>, <code>update<\/code>, and <code>delete<\/code> statements to form a predicate for filtering rows based on a pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MariaDB like operator examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll use the <code>countries<\/code> table from the sample database to demonstrate the <code>like<\/code> operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/mariadbtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/countries.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A) Using the MariaDB like operator with the percentage (%) wildcard examples<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This statement uses the percentage (<code>%<\/code>) wildcard to find countries whose names start with the letter <code>'D'<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">select<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> \n    countries\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">where<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">like<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'d%'<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">order<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">by<\/span>\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span>;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following example finds countries whose names end with the string <code>'tan'<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">select<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> \n    countries\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">where<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">like<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'%tan'<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">order<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">by<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span>;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following statement finds countries whose names contain the string <code>'state'<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">select<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> \n    countries\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">where<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">like<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'%state%'<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">order<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">by<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span>;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B) Using the MariaDB like operator with the _ wildcard examples<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example finds countries whose names start with any character, followed by the <code>n<\/code> character, and ends with any number of characters:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">select<\/span> \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">name<\/span>\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> \n    countries\n<span 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1 because V_2019 matches the pattern <code>'%\\_20%'<\/code>. 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aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">expression like pattern \n    escape escape_characters\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following statement uses the <code>escape<\/code> clause to change the default character to <code>#<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-8\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">select<\/span> <span 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