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Databases Modifying Data with SQL Updating Data in a Database Review and Practice

Posted by Tyler Young
Tyler Young
1,581 Points

SQL Playground says ILIKE is an error

SELECT * FROM movies WHERE title LIKE '%Starfighter%';

ā†’ A table, showing the results of the query as expected.

SELECT * FROM movies WHERE title ILIKE '%Starfighter%';

ā†’ Error: near "ILIKE": syntax error

Chris Peers
Chris Peers
19,034 Points

ILIKE isn't in the SQL standard, that might be why. From what I googled, it's from the PostgreSQL extention, which i'm guessing isn't partof the SQL playground, so it thinks it's an error.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points

Your first example (using LIKE) is correct standard SQL.

In SQLite (as used by the playground), string comparisons are case-insensitive by default. You can make it case-sensitive if needed with this statement:

PRAGMA case_sensitive_like=ON;