SQL
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
jQuery
PHP
WordPress

or View All Tags

SQL Reference

Quick Reference

The SQL Server PATINDEX() function returns the position of a pattern in a string. If the pattern is not found, this function returns 0.

  • The search is case-insensitive
  • The first position in the string is 1
				
					SELECT PATINDEX('%chicken%', '1SMARTchicken.com');

Output

				
					7

Syntax

				
					PATINDEX(%pattern%, string)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
%pattern%The pattern to find (must be surrounded by %; wildcards can be used) (required)

  • % - Match any string of any length (including 0 length)

  • _ - Match one single character

  • [] - Match any characters in the brackets, e.g. [xyz]

  • [^] - Match any character not in the brackets, e.g. [^xyz]
stringThe string to be searched (required)

We’d like to acknowledge that we learned a great deal of our coding from W3Schools and TutorialsPoint, borrowing heavily from their teaching process and excellent code examples. We highly recommend both sites to deepen your experience, and further your coding journey. We’re just hitting the basics here at 1SMARTchicken.

SQL
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
jQuery
PHP
WordPress

Why 1SMARTchicken?

This site was built and is maintained to benefit my autistic son.
See More →

My Son's Name is Johnny

He was diagnosed as autistic quite late, at age four...
His story

Buy Me a Coffee

Thanks for your support!

SQL Books

All are affiliate links. Thank you for your support!

SQL NOTES:

  • Any work being done to modify the structure of a database or delete tables or the the database itself should only be done after making a recent backup

Feedback

If you see an error on the page or the code itself is incorrect or incomplete, or just plain wrong, please let us know. We’re always learning. NOTE: we do not sell your information and will not send you spam emails.

1SMARTchicken Icon
1SMARTchicken - Code Made Easy