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Search for a string within text column in MySQL?
You can search for a string within text column in MySQL with the help of LIKE clause. The syntax is as follows −
select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName like '%anyStringValue%';
To use the above syntax, let us first create a table −
mysql> create table SearchTextDemo −> ( −> BookName TEXT −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.55 sec)
Insert some strings in the table. The query is as follows −
mysql> insert into SearchTextDemo values('Let us C');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.28 sec)
mysql> insert into SearchTextDemo values('C in Depth');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into SearchTextDemo values('C in Depth with Data Structure');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> insert into SearchTextDemo values('Introduction to Java');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
mysql> insert into SearchTextDemo values('Java in Depth');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records with the help of select statement. The query is as follows −
mysql> select *from SearchTextDemo;
The following is the output −
+--------------------------------+ | BookName | +--------------------------------+ | Let us C | | C in Depth | | C in Depth with Data Structure | | Introduction to Java | | Java in Depth | +--------------------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to search a specific string within text column −
mysql> select *from SearchTextDemo where BookName like '%in Depth%';
The following is the output −
+--------------------------------+ | BookName | +--------------------------------+ | C in Depth | | C in Depth with Data Structure | | Java in Depth | +--------------------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Look at the above sample output, the string ‘in Depth’ has been searched from column name ‘BookName’ with data type TEXT.
Updated on: 30-Jul-2019
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