SQL WHERE LIKE clause in JSF managed bean - mysql

Question

Hi i have this managed bean where it makes MySQL queries, the problem here is the SQL statement makes a '=' condition instead of 'LIKE'
Here is the code in my managed bean.
Connection con = ds.getConnection();
try{
if (con == null) {
throw new SQLException("Can't get database connection");
}
}
finally {
PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(
"SELECT * FROM Clients WHERE Machine LIKE '53'");
//get customer data from database
ResultSet result = ps.executeQuery();
con.close();
List list;
list = new ArrayList();
while (result.next()) {
Customer cust = new Customer();
cust.setMachine(result.getLong("Machine"));
cust.setCompany(result.getString("Company"));
cust.setContact(result.getString("Contact"));
cust.setPhone(result.getLong("Phone"));
cust.setEmail(result.getString("Email"));
//store all data into a List
list.add(cust);
}
return list;
Here the SELECT command does not pull all the numbers in 'Machine' column which is like 53, but if i enter a whole value, such as the complete number (53544) in place of 53 then the result is pulled up. I am confused !!
Also if i replace the above select statement with SELECT * FROM Clients the entire database is stored in list. Any ideas ?

Answer 1

Use wildcards:
Like '%53%'
...means everything that contains '53'.
Like '%53' - it ends with 53
LIKE '53%' - it starts with 53
You can also use _ if You want to replace a single character.
You can find a descriptipn HERE

Answer 2

You sql query should be
"SELECT * FROM Clients WHERE Machine LIKE '%53%'