Can you allow a regex match in a MySQL Select statement?

Yes, we can do regex match in a select statement −

select yourColumnName from yourTableName where yourColumnName regexp '^yourValue';

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable1892    (    FirstName varchar(20)    ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1892 values('John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1892 values('Adam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1892 values('Jace'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1892 values('Johny'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1892 values('Johnson'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1892 values('Jack'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1892;

This will produce the following output −

+-----------+ | FirstName | +-----------+ | John      | | Adam      | | Jace      | | Johny     | | Johnson   | | Jack      | +-----------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query for a regex match in a MySQL select statement −

mysql> select FirstName from DemoTable1892 where FirstName regexp '^Jo';

This will produce the following output −

+-----------+ | FirstName | +-----------+ | John      | | Johny     | | Johnson   | +-----------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)