Is like in MySQL case sensitive?

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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. 25 февр. 2019 г.

Is like in SQL case-sensitive?

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

Is SQL not like case-sensitive?

Keywords in SQL are case-insensitive for the most popular DBMSs. The computer doesn't care whether you write SELECT , select, or sELeCt ; so, in theory, you can write however you like.

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.

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