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MySQL query to search exact word from string?
To search exact word from string, use the below syntax −
select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName regexp '(^|[[:space:]])yourWord([[:space:]]|$)';
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( Title text ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.23 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('This is the Introduction to Java');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('This is the Introduction to MongoDB');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('This is the Introduction to MySQL');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-------------------------------------+ | Title | +-------------------------------------+ | This is the Introduction to Java | | This is the Introduction to MongoDB | | This is the Introduction to MySQL | +-------------------------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to search exact word from string.
mysql> select *from DemoTable where Title regexp '(^|[[:space:]])MySQL([[:space:]]|$)';
This will produce the following output −
+-----------------------------------+ | Title | +-----------------------------------+ | This is the Introduction to MySQL | +-----------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.13 sec)
Updated on: 30-Jul-2019
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