SQL like search string starts with

Question

Learning SQL. Have a simple table games with field title. I want to search based on title. If I have a game called Age of Empires III: Dynasties, and I use

Answer 1

COLLATE UTF8_GENERAL_CI will work as ignore-case. USE:

SELECT * from games WHERE title COLLATE UTF8_GENERAL_CI LIKE 'age of empires III%';

or

SELECT * from games WHERE LOWER(title) LIKE 'age of empires III%';