% (Wildcard - Character(s) to Match) (Transact-SQL)
Matches any string of zero or more characters. This wildcard character can be used as either a prefix or a suffix. For more information, see Pattern Matching in Search Conditions.
Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
Examples
The following example returns all the first names of people in the Contact
table of AdventureWorks
that start with Dan
.
USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT FirstName, LastName
FROM Person.Contact
WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Dan%';
GO
See Also
Reference
LIKE (Transact-SQL)
Operators (Transact-SQL)
Expressions (Transact-SQL)