mysql: find rows which have a field that is a substring of “string”

Question

is there a way to write an sql query that finds all rows where the field value is a substring of a given string.

Example:

table names

Name      |      N         


        

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM names WHERE INSTR(Nickname,Name) > 0;

or, equivalently:

SELECT * FROM names WHERE LOCATE(Name,Nickname) > 0;