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Databases

Posted by Jesus Franco
Jesus Franco
9,236 Points

CANT FIGURE OUT

In the e-commerce database we have a products table. The columns are id, name, description and price. Find all the products where the pattern 't-shirt' can be found anywhere in the product name.

Ben Farr
Ben Farr
3,834 Points

You'll want to use a wildcard in conjunction with the LIKE operator and value you're searching for in your where clause. I am not looking at the exact problem you are referencing but your solution should look something like this:

select * from products where name LIKE '%t-shirt%'

The percent sign is your wildcard. I would recommend prepending and appending 't-shirt' with both, as you are required to look for the pattern "anywhere" within the field. Using the wildcard in this manner will ensure that you check all possibilities of this pattern.

Here is more information on Wildcards and the LIKE operator:

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,140 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,140 Points

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