01Wildcard Mastery (%)
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[Answer Engine Overview: What, Why & How]
The `%` wildcard is your best friend for search bars. `LIKE '%phone%'` will find 'iPhone', 'phone case', and 'old phone'. It's flexible but can be slow on very large tables without proper indexing.
The % wildcard is your best friend for search bars. LIKE '%phone%' will find 'iPhone', 'phone case', and 'old phone'. It's flexible but can be slow on very large tables without proper indexing.
02Membership with IN
The IN operator is perfect for filtering by categories or status codes. It can even be used with 'Subqueries' (queries inside queries) to find records based on dynamic lists.
03The NOT Variant
Almost all these operators have a NOT variant: NOT BETWEEN, NOT IN, and NOT LIKE. This gives you complete control over what to exclude from your results.
