Flash cards
Review the key moves
What is the main idea behind SQL LIKE Keyword?
Lesson checks
Practice each idea before moving on
Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.
Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?
Complete the missing token from the example code.
___ * FROM CustomersPut the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.
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":
Example
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a%';The following SQL selects all customers with a CustomerName ending with "a":
Example
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName LIKE '%a';The following SQL selects all customers with a CustomerName that have "or" in any position:
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SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName LIKE '%or%';The following SQL statement selects all customers with a CustomerName that starts with "a" and are at least 3 characters in length:
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SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a__%';