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How to search a MySQL table for a specific string?
Use equal to operator for an exact match −
select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName=yourValue;
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> FirstName varchar(100), -> LastName varchar(100) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.70 sec
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John','Smith');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John','Doe');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris','Brown');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Carol','Taylor');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.29 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
Output
This will produce the following output −
+-----------+----------+ | FirstName | LastName | +-----------+----------+ | John | Smith | | John | Doe | | Chris | Brown | | Carol | Taylor | +-----------+----------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to search a MySQL table for a specific string −
mysql> select *from DemoTable where LastName='Doe';
Output
This will produce the following output −
+-----------+----------+ | FirstName | LastName | +-----------+----------+ | John | Doe | +-----------+----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 30-Jun-2020
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