May 29, 2012 · I have an SQL query as below. Select * from table where name like '%' + search_criteria + '%' If search_criteria = 'abc', it will return data containing xxxabcxxxx which is …

Feb 13, 2009 · When using SQL, are there any benefits of using = in a WHERE clause instead of LIKE? Without any special operators, LIKE and = are the same, right?

Is it possible to combine LIKE and IN in a SQL Server-Query? So, that this query

Normally LIKE statement is used to check the pattern like data. example: select * from table1 where name like 'ar%' My problem is to use one column of table with LIKE statement. …

Sep 7, 2009 · 60 Oracle 10g has functions that allow the use of POSIX-compliant regular expressions in SQL: REGEXP_LIKE REGEXP_REPLACE REGEXP_INSTR …

Two comments. First, Microsoft SQL comes initially from Sybase, so the resemblance is not coincidental. Second, escaping a single quote with another is not limited to LIKE; for example …

Dec 19, 2016 · The "OR" operator applies to expressions. "LIKE 'str1'" and "LIKE 'str2'" are not valid expressions, since the "LIKE" operator requires both a left hand side and a right hand side.

SQL Server stores string summary statistics for use in estimating the number of rows that will match a LIKE clause. The cardinality estimates can be better and lead to a more appropriate …

Dec 21, 2021 · In the documentation about the LIKE operator, nothing is told about the case-sensitivity of it. Is it? How to enable/disable it? I am querying varchar(n) columns, on an …

For example, using a Like condition in an Outer Join will keep all records in the first table listed in the join. Using the same condition in the Where clause will implicitly change the join to an …