Fetch a specific column value (name) in MySQL

To fetch a specific column value, use LIKE clause. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable1809      (      Name varchar(20)      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1809 values('John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1809 values('David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1809 values('Mike'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1809 values('Johnson'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1809;

This will produce the following output −

+---------+ | Name    | +---------+ | John    | | David   | | Mike    | | Johnson | +---------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to fetch a specific value

mysql> select * from DemoTable1809 where Name LIKE 'Johnson%';

This will produce the following output −

+---------+ | Name    | +---------+ | Johnson | +---------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)