How to use an user variables in MySQL LIKE clause?

Question

I am trying to setup a few simple SQL scripts to help with some short term DB administration. As such, I\'m setting up variables to try to make it easier to reuse these scri

Answer 1

BEGIN 
    SET @emailid = CONCAT('%', 'email@email.com' ,'%');
    SET @t1 =CONCAT('SELECT * FROM user WHERE email LIKE ''', @emailid, '''');
    PREPARE stmt3 FROM @t1;
    EXECUTE stmt3;
    DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt3;
END