SQL LIKE Keyword
LIKE
The LIKE
command is used in a WHERE clause
to search for a specified pattern in a column.
You can use two wildcards with LIKE
:
- % - Represents zero, one, or multiple characters
- _ - Represents a single character (MS Access uses a question mark (?) instead)
The following SQL selects all customers with a CustomerName starting with "a":
The following SQL selects all customers with a CustomerName ending with "a":
The following SQL selects all customers with a CustomerName that have "or" in any position:
The following SQL statement selects all customers with a CustomerName that starts with "a" and are at least 3 characters in length: