^

indicates the beginning of a string

&

indicates the end of a string

|

is used to represent multiple search patterns (logical OR)

[]

is used to represent any of the listed characters

[abcdef]

[-]

is used to represent any characters from the range

[a-g]

Select all students where

last_name

contains

უა

with

REGEXP

operator

SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE last_name REGEXP 'უა'

Select all students where

last_name

starts with

გე

with

REGEXP

operator

SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE last_name REGEXP '^გე'

Select all students where

last_name

ends with

უა

with

REGEXP

operator

SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE last_name REGEXP 'უა$'

Select all students where

last_name

contains

უა

or

ია

SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE last_name REGEXP 'უა|ია'

Select all students where

last_name

contains

უა

or

ია

using square brackets

SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE last_name REGEXP '[იუ]ა'

Select all students where

last_name

ends with any one letter from the range

[ა-უ]

followed by

ა

using square brackets with range

SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE last_name REGEXP '[ა-უ]ა$'

Select all students where

last_name

contains

ვა

or ends with

ია

or starts with

ცი

SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE last_name REGEXP '^ცი|ია$|ვა'