Hi All,

>From what I understand the LIKE keyword allows you to do things like include 
wildcards and match against regular expressions.

But I have a question: is there any difference between the following?

SELECT lname, fname FROM contacts WHERE lname = 'smith';
SELECT lname, fname FROM contacts WHERE lname LIKE 'smith';

I'm having difficulty figuring out the difference between these two queries, 
if there is any.  Can someone clarify?

Sincerely,
  -Josh 




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