Use the MySQL LIKE operator to match even when punctuation is present. Let us first create a table−
mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> Comments varchar(20) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.10 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Good,Morning'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Nice'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.51 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('good,bye!'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+--------------+ | Comments | +--------------+ | Good,Morning | | Nice | | good,bye! | +--------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to match even when punctuation is present −
mysql> select *from DemoTable where Comments like '%good%';
This will produce the following output −
+--------------+ | Comments | +--------------+ | Good,Morning | | good,bye! | +--------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)