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user466061

Reputation: 91

MySql WHERE LIKE before particular character?

I have to search for a particular word from two columns but in one column I have to search before * character. so I used SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE status = 'Enable' AND topic LIKE '%car%' OR category LIKE '%car%' now the problem is it's returning beauty column also because it's category column has the word care, now I have to make it if the word contains before the first * it has to return.

+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| topic  | category                                                                  | status  |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| car    | cars & vechicles*cars*                                                    | Enabled |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| beauty | Fashion, Health & Beauty*Health and Beauty Products*Body Care / Skin Care | Enabled |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+

Upvotes: 0

Views: 281

Answers (2)

Dunsel
Dunsel

Reputation: 65

You can make a simple modification to your query by adding "%*" like this:

SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE status = 'Enable' AND topic LIKE '%car%' OR category LIKE '%car%*%'

Upvotes: 0

jai dutt
jai dutt

Reputation: 790

This query should solve your problems:

SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE 
status = 'Enable' AND topic LIKE '%car%' OR SUBSTRING_INDEX(category,'*',1) LIKE '%car%'

Upvotes: 1

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