Is like in MySQL case-insensitive?

Is like case-sensitive in MySQL?

Mysql ignores case for its LIKE comparisons.

Is like SQL case-sensitive?

LIKE performs case-insensitive substring matches if the collation for the expression and pattern is case-insensitive.

How do I create a like case-insensitive query in MySQL?

select * from users where lower(first_name) = 'ajay'; The method is to make the field you are searching as uppercase or lowercase then also make the search string uppercase or lowercase as per the SQL function.

Does MySQL have case-sensitive search?

When searching for partial strings in MySQL with LIKE you will match case-insensitive by default*. If you want to match case-sensitive, you can cast the value as binary and then do a byte-by-byte comparision vs. a character-by-character comparision. The only thing you need to add to your query is BINARY .