Like Escape and IS operator in SQL – SQL Server Tutorial

Like Operator in Sql Server Example:-

  • It is used to compare column value with character patterns.

Syntax: Like’pattern’

                 Not like ‘pattern’.

  • The pattern consists of    a-z , 0-9,  
  • Metacharacters -> %  (this is to replace none (or) meta characters).
  • _ [Under score] -> to replace exactly one character
  • [  ]   -> to replace range (or) set of characters

Display employee records name starts with ‘S’

  • Select * from emp   Where ename like’S%’

Name ends with ‘S’

  • Select * from emp Where ename like ‘%S’.

Name starts with ‘S’& ends with ‘S’

  • Select * from emp  Where ename like ‘S%S’

If ‘S’ contain any place:

  • Select * from emp Where ename like ‘%S%’.

Where ‘a’ is the second character in the name

  • Select * from emp  Where  ename like’-a’

Display employee records name starts between a and p.

  • Select * from emp  Where ename ,like ‘[a-p]%’

Where name doesn’t start with a and p

  • Select * from emp Where ename like ‘[^ a-p]%’  (or)  Not like ‘[a-p]%’.

Display employee records names starts with

       A (or)  b (or) s (or) t

  •    Select *from emp  Where ename like’[abst]%’
  •    Select * from emp  Where ename like ‘[^abst]%’

Escape Operator in Sql Server  :-

Display the _names

  •      Select * from emp Where ename like ‘%\_%’
  •    Escape ‘\’.

Use escape option the string contains metacharacter.

Is Operator in Sql Server   :-

  • Used to compare column value with null (or)not null

Syntax :

                Is null

                Is not null

”Display emplist whose commission is NULL”

  • Select * from emp Where comm. Is null
  • Select * from emp Where comm. Is not null.

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