IsLike

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Returns true (1) if the text matches the pattern. The pattern uses the same wildcards as Like: % matches any number of characters and _ matches a single character.

Boolean IsLike(String text, String pattern)

Boolean results

Boolean functions return 1 for true and 0 for false. In a WHERE clause compare the result to 1 (or true), for example: WHERE IsLike(Text, 'Cat%') = 1


round-pushpin Selects words that start with 'Ca'.
SELECT Text FROM WordList:Word WHERE IsLike(Text, 'Ca%') = 1

round-pushpin Evaluates a constant.
SELECT IsLike('Hello World', '%o w%') as Matches FROM Single




SQL :: NullIf
Returns null when the conditional is true, otherwise returns the value.
SQL :: NullIfNumeric
Returns null when the conditional is true, otherwise returns the number.
SQL :: NullWhen
Returns null when the value equals compareToValue, otherwise returns the value.
SQL :: NullWhenNumeric
Returns null when the number equals compareToValue, otherwise returns the number.
SQL :: Pow
Returns x raised to the power of y.
SQL :: Right
Returns the given number of characters from the end of the value.
SQL :: Round
Rounds a number to the given number of decimal places. Midpoint values are rounded to the nearest even number (2.5 rounds to 2).
SQL :: Scalar Functions
Scalar functions are evaluated once per row.
SQL :: Sha1
Returns the SHA-1 hash of the value's UTF-8 bytes as a lower case hex string.
SQL :: Sha256
Returns the SHA-256 hash of the value's UTF-8 bytes as a lower case hex string.