SQLServer LIKE operator

Match open-ended pattern

The % wildcard appended to the beginning or end (or both) of a string will allow 0 or more of any character before the beginning or after the end of the pattern to match.

Using '%' in the middle will allow 0 or more characters between the two parts of the pattern to match.

Following statement matches for all records having FName containing string 'on' from Employees Table.

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE FName LIKE '%on%';

Following statement matches all records having PhoneNumber starting with string '246' from Employees.

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE PhoneNumber LIKE '246%';

Following statement matches all records having PhoneNumber ending with string '11' from Employees.

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE PhoneNumber LIKE '%11'

All records where Fname 3rd character is 'n' from Employees.

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE FName LIKE '__n%';

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