MySQL LIKE command doesn't work with strings containing dots to display records beginning with a specific number

To work with strings containing dots, and display records beginning with a specific number, you need to use REGEXP. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable
   -> (
   -> GameReleaseVersion varchar(20)
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.57 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('19.6');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('18.4');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('17.6');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('19.5');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+--------------------+
| GameReleaseVersion |
+--------------------+
| 19.6               |
| 18.4               |
| 17.6               |
| 19.5               |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query that works with a string containing dots. We are fetching records beginning with 19 with some other conditions after dot −

mysql> select *from DemoTable
   -> where GameReleaseVersion regexp '^19\.[0-9]+$';

This will produce the following output −

+--------------------+
| GameReleaseVersion |
+--------------------+
| 19.6               |
| 19.5               |
+--------------------+
2 rows in set (0.15 sec)