SQL模式匹配允许你使用“_”匹配任何单个字符,而“%”匹配任意数目字符(包括零字符)。在 MySQL中,SQL的模式默认是忽略大小写的。下面给出一些例子。注意使用SQL模式时,不能使用=或!=;而应使用LIKE或NOT LIKE比较操作符。
要想找出以“b”开头的名字:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE name LIKE 'b%';+--------+--------+---------+------+------------+------------+| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |+--------+--------+---------+------+------------+------------+| Buffy | Harold | dog | f | 1989-05-13 | NULL || Bowser | Diane | dog | m | 1989-08-31 | 1995-07-29 |+--------+--------+---------+------+------------+------------+
要想找出以“fy”结尾的名字:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE name LIKE '%fy';+--------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |+--------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+| Fluffy | Harold | cat | f | 1993-02-04 | NULL || Buffy | Harold | dog | f | 1989-05-13 | NULL |+--------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
要想找出包含“w”的名字:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE name LIKE '%w%';+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+------------+| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+------------+| Claws | Gwen | cat | m | 1994-03-17 | NULL || Bowser | Diane | dog | m | 1989-08-31 | 1995-07-29 || Whistler | Gwen | bird | NULL | 1997-12-09 | NULL |+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+------------+
要想找出正好包含5个字符的名字,使用“_”模式字符:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE name LIKE '_____';