mysql like query with special character '

Question

I wrote query for filter data using name and wrote following query

SELECT * FROM (`abc`) WHERE (name LIKE "%test\'!&@#$\%-(3)\_er%")

It should return records which has name start with text " test " but it will not instead of if I modify query like

SELECT * FROM (`abc`) WHERE (name LIKE "%test%\'!&@#$\%-(3)\_er%")

then it will give result. Why it is not give result with first query? Is there any other way to do this?

Answer 1

The % is the wildcard in the query.
So %test means everything that ends with test .
and test% means everything that begins with test .
and %test% means everything with test in it.

Simpy change your query to

SELECT * FROM ( abc ) WHERE (name LIKE "test%")

Answer 2

如果要以test开头的记录，只需使用

SELECT * FROM (`abc`) WHERE (name LIKE "test%")