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Using the Locate Command in MySQL

Using the Locate Command in MySQL

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Amid tons of data, finding a particular string’s presence in the data is extremely tedious. MySQL has a command named LOCATE that can be used with certain conditions and the yield is truly useful.

Using the LOCATE Command

LOCATE ("", column_name, )

For example, if we are trying to look for a string called “JAMES” in the column NAME from a table named EMPLOYEE_DETAILS, the following SQL will be able to make the needed query.

SELECT LOCATE("JAMES", NAME) FROM EMPLOYEE_DETAILS;

Assuming there are 5 records in the table and the values JAMES is present in row # 3, the output will be as follows.

+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +|LOCATE("JAMES", NAME) |+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |+ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
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