Question

Im having a mysql query like this

SELECT group_name FROM t_groups WHERE group_name LIKE '%PCB%';

The results are

group_name
------------
PCB
Full size PCB

Another query,

SELECT group_name FROM t_groups WHERE group_name LIKE '%PCB-123%';

group_name
-----------
PCB-123

How can i use a query that will show all the three results ?,I mean i need to get all the results that starts or contains PCB

Answer 1

use RLIKE

as you have changed the context of your question so below is my updated answer

SELECT group_name FROM t_groups WHERE group_name RLIKE '[PCB]'