MySQL REGEXP

SELECT COLUMN_LIST
FROM TABLE_NAME
WHERE COLUMN_NAME REGEXP 'PATTERN_TEXT';

SELECT title FROM film WHERE title REGEXP '^ACA' ORDER BY title;

+------------------+
| title            |
+------------------+
| ACADEMY DINOSAUR |
+------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

SELECT title FROM film WHERE title REGEXP 'GOLDFINGER$' ORDER BY title;

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

SELECT first_name FROM actor WHERE first_name REGEXP '^(AL|BE)' ORDER BY first_name LIMIT 5;

+------------+
| first_name |
+------------+
| AL         |
| ALAN       |
| ALBERT     |
| ALBERT     |
| ALEC       |
+------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT title FROM film WHERE title REGEXP '^[AB].*S$' ORDER BY title LIMIT 5;

+----------------------+
| title                |
+----------------------+
| ADAPTATION HOLES     |
| AMELIE HELLFIGHTERS  |
| AMERICAN CIRCUS      |
| ANACONDA CONFESSIONS |
| ANALYZE HOOSIERS     |
+----------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT title, rating
FROM film
WHERE title NOT REGEXP '^A'
ORDER BY title
LIMIT 5;

+---------------------+--------+
| title               | rating |
+---------------------+--------+
| BABY HALL           | NC-17  |
| BACKLASH UNDEFEATED | PG-13  |
| BADMAN DAWN         | R      |
| BAKED CLEOPATRA     | G      |
| BALLOON HOMEWARD    | NC-17  |
+---------------------+--------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

SELECT title FROM film WHERE title RLIKE '^ACA' ORDER BY title;

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

SELECT REGEXP_LIKE('ACADEMY DINOSAUR', '^aca') AS default_mode,
       REGEXP_LIKE('ACADEMY DINOSAUR', '^aca', 'c') AS case_sensitive;

+--------------+----------------+
| default_mode | case_sensitive |
+--------------+----------------+
|            1 |              0 |
+--------------+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)