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What operator performs pattern matching?

LIKE operator


  
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August 31, 2005 15:08:28   #1  
sk        

RE: What operator performs pattern matching?
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September 20, 2005 09:22:21   #2  
Vijay Raj Jaiswal        

RE: What operator performs pattern match...

Like operator.

It is used with and_
means starts or ends with enything If we want to dispay name ends with jay
select name from employee where nam like ' jay ';
Ooutput: Name
------
Vijay
Ajay
Sanjay
sujay
_ is used with like for exact pattern matching
EX:select name from emp where name like'__jay';
Output: name
-----
vijay
sujay


 
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September 21, 2005 05:30:18   #3  
sankar        

RE: What operator performs pattern matching
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March 14, 2007 22:10:08   #4  
mehraban_b Member Since: March 2007   Contribution: 6    

RE: What operator performs pattern matching?

 
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June 04, 2009 05:32:47   #5  
pujavipin Member Since: June 2009   Contribution: 4    

RE: What operator performs pattern matching?
LIKE operator can be used in a WHERE clause to search for a particular pattern from columns in a table.

Syntax:
SELECT column_name(s) from table_name WHERE column_name LIKE pattern.

 
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