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How to search a column for an exact string in MySQL?
For exact string, you need to use wildcard ‘%’ with LIKE operator −
select *from yourTableName where binary yourColumnName LIKE '%yourStringValue%';
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable( Name varchar(20) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.93 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris');
Query OK, 1 row affected (1.11 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.38 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Adam');
Query OK, 1 row affected (1.19 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('JOHN');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.60 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('ADAM');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.43 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-------+ | Name | +-------+ | Chris | | John | | Adam | | JOHN | | ADAM | +-------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to search a column for an exact string in SQL −
mysql> select *from DemoTable where binary Name LIKE '%JOHN%';
This will produce the following output −
+------+ | Name | +------+ | JOHN | +------+ 1 row in set (0.09 sec)
Updated on: 27-Sep-2019
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