Question

I have the following SQL query that return all words contain NANI.

SELECT * FROM some_tbl WHERE q LIKE '%NANI%';

It’s good when I have a sentence in my database like this:

Nani was born in Cape Verde and emigrated to Europe with his family at
an early age.

But if I type just NA or NI with above query, that sentence will return again.

I need a pattern that compare the LIKE clause with complete word rather than a part of the word, any ideas?

Answer 1

Just put blanks around your target string:

SELECT * 
FROM some_tbl 
WHERE q LIKE '% NANI %'
   or q LIKE 'NANI %'
   or q LIKE '% NANI'
   or q = 'NANI';