A wildcard character is used to substitute one or more characters in a string.

Wildcard characters are used with the LIKE operator. The LIKE operator is used in a WHERE clause to search for a specified pattern in a column.

wildcards characters

Symbol Description
% Represents zero or more characters
_ Represents a single character
[] Represents any single character within the brackets *
^ Represents any character not in the brackets *
- Represents any single character within the specified range *
{} Represents any escaped character **