What's the difference between “LIKE” and “=” in SQL?

Question

Is there any difference between:

SELECT * FROM users WHERE username=\"davyjones\"

and

SELECT * FROM users WHERE username LI         


        

Answer 1

The LIKE condition allows you to use wildcards:

SELECT * FROM suppliers
WHERE supplier_name like 'Hew%';

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and Equals = is used for equality matching.