Mysql Like Command
Mysql Like Command is used for retrieving the records from a table on the
basis of pattern matching. The comparison 'like' operator return you the record
from a table on the basis of pattern matching with a character.
Understand with Example
The Tutorial illustrate an example from 'Mysql Like Command'. To grasp this
example we create a table 'employee1'. The create table is used to create a table
employee1 with required filedname and datatype respectively.
SYNTAX:-Select * from [tablename] where [columnname] like ['columnvalue'];
Query to Create Table named employee1:
mysql>CREATE TABLE employee1 (
-> Empid int(10),
-> Empname varchar(60),
-> date date
-> );
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Query to insert data into Table named employee1:
The insert into add the records or rows to the table 'employee1'.
mysql>insert into employee1 values(01,'Girish','2008-12-20');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(02,'Komal','2008-12-21');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(03,'vineet','2008-12-21');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(04,'Amit','2008-12-20');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(02,'Komal','2008-12-23');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(02,'Sandeep','2008-12-24');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(02,'suman','2008-12-25');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>insert into employee1 values(01,'AAA',' 2008-12-03');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
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Query to view data of Table named employee1:
To view the detail of records we use select query that return
you the table employee1 records.
mysql> select * from employee1;
+-------+---------+------------+
| Empid | Name | DOB |
+-------+---------+------------+
| 1 | Girish | 2008-12-20 |
| 2 | Komal | 2008-12-21 |
| 3 | vineet | 2008-12-21 |
| 4 | Amit | 2008-12-20 |
| 2 | Komal | 2008-12-23 |
| 2 | Sandeep | 2008-12-24 |
| 2 | suman | 2008-12-25 |
| 1 | AAA | 2008-12-03 |
+-------+---------+------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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Query to view data from Table named employee1 using like command:
The Query below is used to return the set of records from employee1in which
name begin with' komal' . The like operator allows you to return
the records from column name matching with 'komal' in the table employee1.
mysql> select * from employee1
-> where name like 'komal';
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Output:-
+-------+-------+------------+
| Empid | Name | DOB |
+-------+-------+------------+
| 2 | Komal | 2008-12-21 |
| 2 | Komal | 2008-12-23 |
+-------+-------+------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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