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Search for "3" in string "W3Schools.com", and return position:
SELECT POSITION("3" IN "W3Schools.com") AS MatchPosition;The POSITION() function returns the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a string. If the substring is not found within the original string, this function returns 0.
Formula
This function performs a case - insensitive search.POSITION() function.
substring IN string )
Required. The substring to search for in string string Required. The original string that will be searched
From MySQL 4.0
Search for "COM" in string "W3Schools.com", and return position:
SELECT POSITION("COM" IN "W3Schools.com") AS MatchPosition;Search for "a" in CustomerName column, and return position:
SELECT POSITION("a" IN CustomerName)
FROM Customers;❮ MySQL Functions