Difference between SQL LIKE without percent signs and equal (=) in WHERE clause

Question

Are there any differences in the results of these two queries other than performance?

SELECT * FROM pet WHERE name LIKE \'Spot\';
SELECT * FROM pet WHERE nam         


        

Answer 1

Effectively, it turns out to be the same thing in your example, but here is more info:

From another stackoverflow answer

= is a comparison operator that operates on numbers and strings. When comparing strings, the comparison operator compares whole strings.

LIKE is a string operator that compares character by character.