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Asked: 2026-05-26T06:50:21+00:00

I’m pretty new to SQL and looking at some code. I can see the

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I’m pretty new to SQL and looking at some code. I can see the basic structure for getting items out of a Table where column=”Apples” or something like that. 

select * from fruitsTable where fruit="apple"

If the data can be 

apple
orange
apple,orange
pear
apple,pear

Is there a way to make that query? I know that apple,orange and apple,pear don’t really make sense, but basically I’m trying to filter out the data from a database and sometimes it’s just one, and other times it’s two categories. How would I filter/query the database for something like that? Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you are using MySQL you can use WHERE FIND_IN_SET('apple', fruit).

    For other databases you can use WHERE (',' || fruit || ',') LIKE '%,apple,%'.

    In both cases the query can’t use an index and it will be slow if your table is large.

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