Java & MySQL - LIKE Clause Example

This chapter provides an example on how to select records from a table using JDBC apppcation. This would add additional conditions using LIKE clause while selecting records from the table. Before executing the following example, make sure you have the following in place −

To execute the following example you can replace the username and password with your actual user name and password.

Your MySQL database you are using, is up and running.

Required Steps

The following steps are required to create a new Database using JDBC apppcation −

Import the packages − Requires that you include the packages containing the JDBC classes needed for database programming. Most often, using import java.sql.* will suffice.

Open a connection − Requires using the DriverManager.getConnection() method to create a Connection object, which represents a physical connection with a database server.

Execute a query − Requires using an object of type Statement for building and submitting an SQL statement to fetch records from a table which meet given condition. This Query makes use of LIKE clause to select records to select all the students whose first name starts with "za".

Clean up the environment − try with resources automatically closes the resources.

Sample Code

Copy and paste the following example in TestApppcation.java, compile and run as follows −

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

pubpc class TestApppcation {
   static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/TUTORIALSPOINT";
   static final String USER = "guest";
   static final String PASS = "guest123";
   static final String QUERY = "SELECT id, first, last, age FROM Registration";

   pubpc static void main(String[] args) {
      // Open a connection
      try(Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL, USER, PASS);
         Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();) {		      
         System.out.println("Fetching records without condition...");
         ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(QUERY);
         while(rs.next()){
            //Display values
            System.out.print("ID: " + rs.getInt("id"));
            System.out.print(", Age: " + rs.getInt("age"));
            System.out.print(", First: " + rs.getString("first"));
            System.out.println(", Last: " + rs.getString("last"));
         }

         // Select all records having ID equal or greater than 101
         System.out.println("Fetching records with condition...");
         String sql = "SELECT id, first, last, age FROM Registration" +
            " WHERE first LIKE  %za% ";
         rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);

         while(rs.next()){
            //Display values
            System.out.print("ID: " + rs.getInt("id"));
            System.out.print(", Age: " + rs.getInt("age"));
            System.out.print(", First: " + rs.getString("first"));
            System.out.println(", Last: " + rs.getString("last"));
         }
         rs.close();
      } catch (SQLException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      } 
   }
}

Now let us compile the above example as follows −

C:>javac TestApppcation.java
C:>

When you run TestApppcation, it produces the following result −

C:>java TestApppcation
Fetching records without condition...
ID: 100, Age: 30, First: Zara, Last: Ap
ID: 102, Age: 30, First: Zaid, Last: Khan
ID: 103, Age: 28, First: Sumit, Last: Mittal
Fetching records with condition...
ID: 100, Age: 30, First: Zara, Last: Ap
ID: 102, Age: 30, First: Zaid, Last: Khan
C:>