Question

I have user table

ID   Name

1    Michael
2    Jimmy

if i do a query select * from user where name = ‘michael’; then it returns row 1, is it possible to do a query with a part of a name, I mean

select * from user where name = 'mic';

its like the name starts with mic, how can i do a query to return michael row in MySql

Answer 1

You need the LIKE clause and add an appropriate wildcard.

select * from user where name like 'mic%'

Wildcards

use “_” to match any single character and “%” to match an arbitrary number of characters (including zero characters)

Pattern matching

SQL pattern matching enables you to use “_” to match any single
character and “%” to match an arbitrary number of characters
(including zero characters). In MySQL, SQL patterns are
case-insensitive by default. Some examples are shown here. You do not
use = or <> when you use SQL patterns; use the LIKE or NOT LIKE
comparison operators instead.