Inverse of SQL LIKE '%value%'

Question

I have a MySQL table containing domain names:

+----+---------------+
| id | domain        |
+----+---------------+
|  1 | amazon.com    |
|  2 | google.com    |
         


        

Answer 1

You can use the column on the right of the like too:

SELECT domain FROM table WHERE 'www.google.com' LIKE CONCAT('%', domain);

or

SELECT domain FROM table WHERE 'www.google.com' LIKE CONCAT('%', domain, '%');

It's not particularly efficient but it works.