Find Rows Where Column Value Ends with Specific Substring in MySQL

To find rows and update with new value where column value ends with specific substring you need to use LIKE operator.

The syntax is as follows:

UPDATE yourTableName
SET yourColumnName=’yourValue’
WHERE yourColumnName LIKE ‘%.yourString’;

To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows:

mysql> create table RowEndsWithSpecificString
   -> (
   -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   -> FileName varchar(30),
   -> PRIMARY KEY(Id)
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.50 sec)

Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows:

mysql> insert into RowEndsWithSpecificString(FileName) values('MergeSort.c');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into RowEndsWithSpecificString(FileName) values('BubbleSortIntroduction.pdf');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.25 sec)
mysql> insert into RowEndsWithSpecificString(FileName) values('AllMySQLQuery.docx');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> insert into RowEndsWithSpecificString(FileName) values('JavaCollections.pdf');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into RowEndsWithSpecificString(FileName) values('JavaServlet.pdf');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement. The query is as follows:

mysql> select *from RowEndsWithSpecificString;

The following is the output:

+----+----------------------------+
| Id | FileName                   |
+----+----------------------------+
|  1 | MergeSort.c                |
|  2 | BubbleSortIntroduction.pdf |
|  3 | AllMySQLQuery.docx         |
|  4 | JavaCollections.pdf        |
|  5 | JavaServlet.pdf            |
+----+----------------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to find and update where column value ends with specific substring. The following query finds a substring that ends with ‘.docx’ and updates with a new substring which is ‘.pdf’. The query is as follows:

mysql> update RowEndsWithSpecificString
   -> set FileName='IntroductionToCoreJava.pdf'
   -> where FileName LIKE '%.docx';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0

Now check the table records once again. The query is as follows:

mysql> select *from RowEndsWithSpecificString;

The following is the output:

+----+----------------------------+
| Id | FileName                   |
+----+----------------------------+
|  1 | IntroductionToCoreJava.pdf |
|  2 | BubbleSortIntroduction.pdf |
|  3 | IntroductionToCoreJava.pdf |
|  4 | JavaCollections.pdf        |
|  5 | JavaServlet.pdf            |
+----+----------------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)