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Improve MySQL Search Performance with wildcards (%%)?
No, MySQL won’t improve search performance whenever you have leading wildcards because MySQL will be unable to use the index. If you change to ‘anyLetter%’ then it will be able to use index
The below syntax is better to use with trailing wildcards. The syntax is as follows −
SELECT *FROM yourTableName WHERE yoorColumnName LIKE ‘anyLetter%’;
The query to create a table is as follows −
mysql> create table TrailingWildCardDemo -> ( -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, -> Name Varchar(20), -> PRIMARY KEY(Id) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.71 sec)
Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −
mysql> insert into TrailingWildCardDemo(Name) values('John');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into TrailingWildCardDemo(Name) values('Johnson');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
mysql> insert into TrailingWildCardDemo(Name) values('Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into TrailingWildCardDemo(Name) values('Kevin');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec)
mysql> insert into TrailingWildCardDemo(Name) values('Adam');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)
mysql> insert into TrailingWildCardDemo(Name) values('Ethan');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into TrailingWildCardDemo(Name) values('James');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)Display all records from the table using a select statement. The query is as follows −
mysql> select *from TrailingWildCardDemo;
The following is the output −
+----+---------+ | Id | Name | +----+---------+ | 1 | John | | 2 | Johnson | | 3 | Mike | | 4 | Kevin | | 5 | Adam | | 6 | Ethan | | 7 | James | +----+---------+ 7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query of trailing wildcards −
mysql> select *from TrailingWildCardDemo where Name LIKE 'j%';
The following is the output −
+----+---------+ | Id | Name | +----+---------+ | 1 | John | | 2 | Johnson | | 7 | James | +----+---------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 30-Jul-2019
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