Monday, February 11, 2013

How to use LIKE Operator in SQL Server

SQL LIKE Operator
The LIKE operator is used to search for a specified pattern in a column. We can use the Like operator with the combination of Where clause to filter the specified pattern data from a Table.
Syntax:
SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name LIKE pattern

Example :
Suppose we have an Employee Table as follows :

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The Wild Card '%' Usage with LIKE :
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Criteria-I:
To select Employees whose name Starts with Ravi
Select *from EMPLOYEE E WHERE E.E_Name LIKE 'ravi%'

The "%" sign can be used to define wildcards (missing letters in the pattern) both before and after the pattern.


Result:

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Criteria-II:
To select Employees whose name Ends with Reddy
Select *from EMPLOYEE E WHERE E.E_Name LIKE '%reddy'

Result:
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Criteria-III:
To select Employees whose name contains 'Kumar'
Select *from EMPLOYEE E WHERE E.E_Name LIKE '%kumar%'

Result:

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Criteria-IV:
To select Employees whose name NOT contains 'Reddy'
Select *from EMPLOYEE E WHERE E.E_Name NOT LIKE '%reddy%'


Result:

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