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:
Example
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:
Example
SELECT * FROM Customers
WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a__%';