drop table if exists t1; create table t1 (a varchar(10), key(a)); insert into t1 values ("a"),("abc"),("abcd"),("hello"),("test"); select * from t1 where a like "abc%"; a abc abcd select * from t1 where a like "ABC%"; a abc abcd select * from t1 where a like "test%"; a test select * from t1 where a like "te_t"; a test select * from t1 where a like "%a%"; a a abc abcd select * from t1 where a like "%abcd%"; a abcd select * from t1 where a like "%abc\d%"; a abcd drop table t1;