Can we use like operator in Oracle?

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Description. The Oracle LIKE condition allows wildcards to be used in the WHERE clause of a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement. This allows you to perform pattern matching.

Is like in Oracle SQL?

In oracle, like condition is used with select, insert, update, and delete in where clause using wildcard. It allows pattern matching.

What can I use instead of like operator Oracle?

Here are some of the alternatives you could try. Performance may improve if you have function based index specific to these expressions in where clause ( substr ). INSTR is another option but you cannot have an index which suits this comparison.

Can we use like and in together in Oracle?

the LIKE operation is not permitted to be used with IN.

IS LIKE operator case sensitive in Oracle?

The default behaviour of LIKE and the other comparison operators, = etc is case-sensitive.

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