When we use INSTR() function with MySQL WHERE clause, we need to provide column name of the table as the first argument and the substring as second argument along with a comparison operator. Following is an example using ‘Student’ table to demonstrate it −
Example
Suppose we have the following values in ‘Student’ table −
mysql> Select * from Student; +------+---------+---------+-----------+ | Id | Name | Address | Subject | +------+---------+---------+-----------+ | 1 | Gaurav | Delhi | Computers | | 2 | Aarav | Mumbai | History | | 15 | Harshit | Delhi | Commerce | | 20 | Gaurav | Jaipur | Computers | | 21 | Yashraj | NULL | Math | +------+---------+---------+-----------+ 5 rows in set (0.02 sec)
Now, following query show how we can use INSTR() function with WHERE caluse −
mysql> select name, INSTR(Name,'av')As Result from student where INSTR(Name,'av') > 0; +--------+--------+ | name | Result | +--------+--------+ | Gaurav | 5 | | Aarav | 4 | | Gaurav | 5 | +--------+--------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select name, INSTR(Name,'av')As Result from student where INSTR(Name,'av') = 0 ; +---------+--------+ | name | Result | +---------+--------+ | Harshit | 0 | | Yashraj | 0 | +---------+--------+ 2 rows in set (0.01 sec)