How to search for a substring in SQLite?

Question

Whats the most efficient way to search for a sub string in SQLite?

I\'m looking at the LIKE operator.

Do I have the right idea? Has this worked well for you?

Answer 1

You can use LIKE, but it gets really slow if the pattern you're searching for starts with '%' -- i.e., if the substring you're looking for isn't necessarily at the beginning of the field.

If you need to do such searches, consider using FTS3, which makes full-text searching considerably more efficient.