Explain the basic character matching using REGEXP in MySQL.
REGEXP can be used to match the input characters with the database.
Example:The following statement retrieves all rows where column employee_name contains the text 1000 (example salary):
Select employee_name From employee Where employee_name REGEXP ‘1000’ Order by employee_name
“.” Can be used to match any single character.
“|” can be used to match either of the two strings
Explain how to do matching of several characters at a time in MySQL.
Matching one of several characters:The set of characters that need to be matched should be enclosed within [ and ].
Example:Select employee_name From employee Where employee_name REGEXP ‘[105] bon’ Order by employee_name
How do we do matching of special characters in MySQL?
Special characters can be matched by enclosing the character with //.Example:Select employee_name From employee Where employee_name REGEXP ‘\\.’ Order by employee_name
What you can use Regular Expression for in MySQL? Support your answer with an example.
Regular expressions in MySql are used in queries for searching a pattern in a string.
1. * Matches 0 more instances of the string preceding it.
2. + matches 1 more instances of the string preceding it.
3. ? Matches 0 or 1instances of the string preceding it.
4. . Matches a single character.
5. [abc] matches a or b or z.
6. | separates strings.
7. ^ anchors the match from the start.
REGEXP can be used to match the input characters with the database.
Example:The following statement retrieves all rows where column employee_name contains the text 1000 (example salary):
Select employee_name
From employee
Where employee_name REGEXP ‘1000’
Order by employee_name
“.” Can be used to match any single character.
“|” can be used to match either of the two strings
