How to identify _ as a character, not a wildcard

[CMSchoen]

Hello! I have a database where values might be things like:

• Apple
• A_bumblebee
• A_chair
• Aster

With underscores as part of the name. I want to pull only the things that start with "A_", but my query thinks the _ is a wildcard. How do I tell it that I actually want that specific character?

 

Thank you in advance!

 

[Ingolme]

From the MySQL reference manual ( https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/string-comparison-functions.html#operator_like )

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 To test for literal instances of a wildcard character, precede it by the escape character. If you do not specify the ESCAPE character, \ is assumed.

    \% matches one % character.

    \_ matches one _ character.