sql server like

1WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a%'	
2--Finds any values that start with "a"
3WHERE CustomerName LIKE '%a'	
4--Finds any values that end with "a"
5WHERE CustomerName LIKE '%or%'	
6--Finds any values that have "or" in any position
7WHERE CustomerName LIKE '_r%'	
8--Finds any values that have "r" in the second position
9WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a__%'	
10--Finds any values that start with "a" and are at least 3 characters in length
11WHERE ContactName LIKE 'a%o'	
12--Finds any values that start with "a" and ends with "o"

1SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE UPPER(col_name) LIKE '%SEARCHED%';
2SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE col_name LIKE '%Searched%';  -- Case sensitive
3
4SYMBOL	DESCRIPTION	(SQL)                       EXAMPLE
5%	    zero or more characters	                bl%      'bl, black, blue, blob'
6_	    a single character	                    h_t      'hot, hat, hit'
7[]	    any single character within brackets	h[oa]t   'hot, hat', but NOT 'hit'
8^	    any character not in the brackets	    h[^oa]t  'hit', but NOT 'hot, hat'
9-	    a range of characters	                [a-b]t   'cat, cbt'

1-- example
2SELECT Id, ProductName, UnitPrice, Package
3  FROM Product
4 WHERE ProductName LIKE 'Cha_' OR ProductName LIKE 'Chan_'

1eturns true if the operand value matches a pattern.
2Example: Returns true if the user’s first_name ends with ‘son’.
3SELECT * FROM users
4WHERE first_name LIKE '%son';
5

1WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a%'	
2--Finds any values that start with "a"
3WHERE CustomerName LIKE '%a'	
4--Finds any values that end with "a"
5WHERE CustomerName LIKE '%or%'	
6--Finds any values that have "or" in any position
7WHERE CustomerName LIKE '_r%'	
8--Finds any values that have "r" in the second position
9WHERE CustomerName LIKE 'a__%'	
10--Finds any values that start with "a" and are at least 3 characters in length
11WHERE ContactName LIKE 'a%o'	
12--Finds any values that start with "a" and ends with "o"
13
14(Like) Operator for partial searches using wildcard '%' and '_'
15For Example:
16Select * From Employees
17Where last_name LIKE '_a%';

1SELECT ime, prezime
2FROM studenti
3WHERE ime LIKE 'a_a'