Hi Ram, thanks for the reply. I don’t think those two are the same. I am not sure but ChatGTP gave me this, lol.
“LIKE” and “CONTAINS” operators are different in their primary purposes and use cases.
LIKE Operator:
Purpose: Used for pattern matching in strings.
Wildcard Characters: Allows the use of ‘%’ (matches any sequence of characters) and ‘_’ (matches any single character).
Example: SELECT * FROM employees WHERE name LIKE ‘John%’ to find names starting with “John.”
CONTAINS Operator:
Purpose: Primarily associated with full-text search capabilities.
Full-Text Search: Used for searching rows that contain a specific set of words or phrases.
Example: SELECT * FROM articles WHERE CONTAINS(description, ‘technology AND innovation’) to find articles containing both “technology” and “innovation.”