Search a whole table in mySQL for a string

Question

I\'m trying to search a whole table in mySQL for a string.

I want to search all fields and all entrees of a table, returning each full entry that contains the speci

Answer 1

Try this code,

SELECT 
       * 
FROM 
       `customers` 
WHERE 
       (
          CONVERT 
               (`customer_code` USING utf8mb4) LIKE '%Mary%' 
          OR 
          CONVERT(`customer_name` USING utf8mb4) LIKE '%Mary%' 
          OR 
          CONVERT(`email_id` USING utf8mb4) LIKE '%Mary%' 
          OR 
          CONVERT(`address1` USING utf8mb4) LIKE '%Mary%' 
          OR
          CONVERT(`report_sorting` USING utf8mb4) LIKE '%Mary%'
       )

This is help to solve your problem mysql version 5.7.21