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Asked: 2026-06-04T01:32:28+00:00

The way I understand it, when MySQL performs a LIKE query, depending on how

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The way I understand it, when MySQL performs a LIKE query, depending on how you’ve set up your query (%)string(%), the search string looks for exact text matches within your selected content.

I’m curious as to how and if the resulting rows are ordered according to matches found?

For example, if my query LIKE string 'frankly' is queried against a table that has the following content:

id  content
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1   frankly, i find cake rather delicious
2   frankly, i find cake repulsive, frankly
3   i currently live on franklyn street

Would any particular row be favored over the other?

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  1. Editorial Team

    MySql doesn’t guarantee an order for LIKE queries like that. In general, if you want a specific order, you will have to specify it using ORDER BY.

    The specific order depends on many other factors, like join-type(Hash-join, Merge-join, etc) and data access method (index-scan, sequential scan, etc).

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