Pattern matching using SQL simple regular expression comparison.
Returns 1 (TRUE) or 0 (FALSE). If either expr or pat is NULL, the result is NULL.
With LIKE you can use the following two wildcard characters in the pattern:
CharacterDescription
%Matches any number of characters, even zero characters
_Matches exactly one character
mysql>
mysql> SELECT 'ABCDE!' LIKE 'ABCDE_';
+------------------------+
| 'ABCDE!' LIKE 'ABCDE_' |
+------------------------+
| 1 |
+------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> SELECT 'ABCDE!' LIKE '%A%C%';
+-----------------------+
| 'ABCDE!' LIKE '%A%C%' |
+-----------------------+
| 1 |
+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)