使用通配符的搜索功能

Question

I'm working on seach function where request is coming from front end with the wild card and based on the request it should output desired outcome.

Let's say we have a Name colum In DB with some records:

Name
---------
political party Delhi, IN (ruling)
political party Mumbai, IN (ruling)
political party Kerala, IN (not ruling)
political party Goa, IN (ruling)

 Now from JSP page request is coming as *Del*ruling* (or request could come just as *Del*) and outcome should be: political party Delhi, IN (ruling). I spent few days but could not find how to implement this functionality. Any guidance will be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

MySQL supports wildcards. They are denoted by the % character and used in a LIKE statement. So just replace all '*' with '%' and you're good to go!

SELECT *
FROM articles
WHERE body LIKE '%Del%ruling%'