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Start your free trialTyler Young
1,581 PointsSQL Playground says ILIKE is an error
SELECT * FROM movies WHERE title LIKE '%Starfighter%';
ā
SELECT * FROM movies WHERE title ILIKE '%Starfighter%';
ā Error: near "ILIKE": syntax error
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,184 PointsYour 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;
Chris Peers
19,034 PointsChris Peers
19,034 PointsILIKE 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.