LIKE searches for specified character patterns in string columns using wildcards for fuzzy matching. Key Sub-topics: • Sub-topic 1: Leading wildcards (LIKE '%tech') vs trailing wildcards (LIKE 'tech%') and index seek implications • Sub-topic 2: Single character matching with underscore (_) and escaping special wildcard characters with ESCAPE
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