{"id":13855,"date":"2024-03-15T08:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-contains-function-in-sql\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T00:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T00:22:31","slug":"how-to-use-the-contains-function-in-sql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-contains-function-in-sql\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL CONTAINS Function: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In SQL, the CONTAINS() function is used to search for a specified string in a query.<\/p>\n<p>The basic syntax of the CONTAINS() function is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>CONTAINS(column_name, 'search_string')\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this context, column_name refers to the name of the column to be searched, and search_string is the string to be searched for.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of using the CONTAINS() function:<\/p>\n<p>Suppose there is a table called products with two columns: id and name. 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