Special Characters are used for finding specific character string using LIKE operator in SQL SERVER.

Let's start to create the database - trail

Table - Faculty

Insert records

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Select * from Faculty

Shows all records within the table.

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LIKE 'V[%]' : Searches for strings starting with the "v" character.

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LIKE '[_]n' : Searches for strings starting with any character, but the second character must be 'a' character.

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LIKE 'ra[d]' : Searches for strings starting with "ra" but after "ra" there must be a "d" character.

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NOT LIKE 'ra[d]' : Searches for strings not starting with "ra" or after "ra" there is not a "d" character in the string.

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There are several patterns for searching strings.