mysql match special character % from a text

Question

I have to select all rows from a table where column (varchar) values contain '%' in the text. I tried below query but failed to get correct result set.

SELECT * from TABLE where VALUE LIKE '%%%'

Above query gives all rows of the table.

Please help me to form a query to match '%' and get the correct results.

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM your_table 
WHERE value LIKE '%\\%%'

SQLFiddle demo

Answer 2

Escape character worked for me.

SELECT * from TABLE where VALUE LIKE '%\%%'

This query gives me correct result set.