LIKE

The LIKE Operator is used to search for a specified pattern in a column.

SELECT Column_Name FROM Table_Name WHERE Column_Nmae LIKE Pattern

Employee
Emp_id	Name	Surname	Salary	Dept_id
1	Rajesh	Khanna	45000	2
2	Sneha	Gupta	55000	4
3	Sandeep	Nehte	95000	1
4	Kirti	Patil	25000	3
5	Nilesh	Jadhav	45000	3
6	Dipesh	Das	35000	5
7	Kailash	Rane	62000	1
8	Kavita	Deshpande	48000	3
9	Sanjay	Datt	50000	2
10	Shruti	Hasan	78000	1
11	Sandeep	Deshmukh	52000	3

Syntax for SQL:

SELECT * FROM Employee WHERE Name LIKE 'S%'

After Execution:

Employee
Emp_id	Name	Surname	Salary	Dept_id
1	Sneha	Gupta	55000	4
2	Sandeep	Nehte	95000	1
3	Sanjay	Datt	50000	2
4	Shruti	Hasan	78000	1
5	Sandeep	Deshmukh	52000	3