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Databases SQL Basics Finding the Data You Want Finding Data that Matches a Pattern

bright chibuike
bright chibuike
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Posted by bright chibuike
bright chibuike
3,245 Points

matching patter

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.

4 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,739 Points

Here is an example from the Internet that should help you solve this:

To find the tracks whose names contain the Wild literal string, 
you use % wildcard at the beginning and end of the pattern:

SELECT
    trackid,
    name    
FROM
    tracks
WHERE
    name LIKE '%Wild%';
bright chibuike
bright chibuike
3,245 Points
bright chibuike
bright chibuike
3,245 Points

Try providing answers to the matching pattern question but seems not matching at all .can some help? 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.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,152 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,152 Points

Hey Bright so for this challenge, you want to use the LIKE keyword

Kris is on the right track with the formatting as well the example solution :thumbsup: