Percent character (Wildcard - Character(s) to Match) (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2012

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Matches any string of zero or more characters. This wildcard character can be used as either a prefix or a suffix.

The following example returns all the first names of people in the Person table of AdventureWorks2012 that start with Dan.

USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
SELECT FirstName, LastName
FROM Person.Person
WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Dan%';
GO

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