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.
Published on 10-Jan-2019 16:56:57
