MySQL LIKE

SELECT COLUMN_LIST
FROM TABLE_NAME
WHERE COLUMN_NAME LIKE 'PATTERN_TEXT';

SELECT title FROM film WHERE title LIKE 'ACADEMY%' ORDER BY title;

+------------------+
| title            |
+------------------+
| ACADEMY DINOSAUR |
+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT title FROM film WHERE title LIKE '%GOLDFINGER' ORDER BY title;

+----------------------+
| title                |
+----------------------+
| ACE GOLDFINGER       |
| BREAKFAST GOLDFINGER |
| SILVERADO GOLDFINGER |
+----------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT first_name, last_name
FROM actor
WHERE first_name LIKE 'J___'
ORDER BY first_name, last_name;

+------------+-------------+
| first_name | last_name   |
+------------+-------------+
| JADA       | RYDER       |
| JANE       | JACKMAN     |
| JEFF       | SILVERSTONE |
| JOHN       | SUVARI      |
| JUDE       | CRUISE      |
| JUDY       | DEAN        |
+------------+-------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT title FROM film WHERE title NOT LIKE 'A%' ORDER BY title LIMIT 5;

+---------------------+
| title               |
+---------------------+
| BABY HALL           |
| BACKLASH UNDEFEATED |
| BADMAN DAWN         |
| BAKED CLEOPATRA     |
| BALLOON HOMEWARD    |
+---------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT title FROM film WHERE title LIKE 'academy%' ORDER BY title;

+------------------+
| title            |
+------------------+
| ACADEMY DINOSAUR |
+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT 'axxb' LIKE 'a%b' AS wildcard, 'axxb' LIKE 'a!%b' ESCAPE '!' AS literal_percent;

+----------+-----------------+
| wildcard | literal_percent |
+----------+-----------------+
|        1 |               0 |
+----------+-----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT '50%' LIKE '50!%' ESCAPE '!' AS literal_percent;

+-----------------+
| literal_percent |
+-----------------+
|               1 |
+-----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT 'a_b' LIKE 'a!_b' ESCAPE '!' AS underscore, 'axb' LIKE 'a!_b' ESCAPE '!' AS any_char;

+------------+----------+
| underscore | any_char |
+------------+----------+
|          1 |        0 |
+------------+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)