How to Select Records Using % in Python MySQL

In this example we will show how to select the records that start, include, or end with a given letter or phrase using the % in Python MySQL.

Source Code

import mysql.connector

# connect to server
mydb = mysql.connector.connect(
    host="localhost",
    port=3306,
    user="yourusername",
    password="yourpassword",
    db="mydatabase"
)

# get a cursor
mycursor = mydb.cursor()

sql = "SELECT * FROM us_state WHERE Capital LIKE '%en%'"

# execute a query
mycursor.execute(sql)

results = mycursor.fetchall()

for row in results:
    print(row)

# close the connection
mydb.close()

Output:

(2, 'Arizona', 'AZ', 'Phoenix', 113990)
(4, 'California', 'CA', 'Sacramento', 163695)
(5, 'Colorado', 'CO', 'Denver', 104094)