how to use LIKE with column name

Question

Normally LIKE statement is used to check the pattern like data.

example:

select * from table1 where name like 'ar%' 

My problem is to use one column of table with LIKE statement.

example:

select * from table1, table2 where table1.x is like table2.y% 

Query above results error . how to use one column data in like query?

Answer 1

You're close.

The LIKE operator works with strings (CHAR, NVARCHAR, etc). so you need to concattenate the '%' symbol to the string...

MS SQL Server:

SELECT * FROM table1,table2 WHERE table1.x LIKE table2.y + '%' 

Use of LIKE, however, is often slower than other operations. It's useful, powerful, flexible, but has performance considerations. I'll leave those for another topic though :)

EDIT:

I don't use MySQL, but this may work...

SELECT * FROM table1,table2 WHERE table1.x LIKE CONCAT(table2.y, '%') 

Answer 2

SQL SERVER

 WHERE ColumnName LIKE '%'+ColumnName+'%'