Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( FirstName varchar(40) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.52 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Adam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Mike'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Sam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-----------+ |FirstName | +-----------+ | John | | Adam | | David | | Mike | | Sam | +-----------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to restrict `LIKE` operator to begin with specific characters −
mysql> select *from DemoTable where FirstName LIKE 'D%' or FirstName LIKE 'S%';
This will produce the following output −
+-----------+ | FirstName | +-----------+ | David | | Sam | +-----------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)