A regular expression matches anywhere in the string. : Introduction « Regular Expression « SQL / MySQL






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A regular expression matches anywhere in the string.

      
mysql>
mysql> SELECT 'abcdef' REGEXP 'abc';
+-----------------------+
| 'abcdef' REGEXP 'abc' |
+-----------------------+
|                     1 |
+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> SELECT 'abcdef' LIKE 'abc';
+---------------------+
| 'abcdef' LIKE 'abc' |
+---------------------+
|                   0 |
+---------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>








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