Question

Sorry I am new to working with databases – I am trying to perform a query
that will get all of the characters that are similar to a string in SQL.

For example,

If I am looking for all users that begin with a certain string, something like S* or Sm* that would return “Smith, Smelly, Smiles, etc…”

Am I on the right track with this?

Any help would be appreciated, and Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The LIKE operator is what you are searching for, so for your example you would need something like:

SELECT * 
  FROM [Users]
 WHERE LastName LIKE 'S%'

The % character is the wild-card in SQL.