mysql> describe test; +-------+------+-------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Collation | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------+------+-------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | name | text | latin1_swedish_ci | | | | | +-------+------+-------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select name from test; +---------------------------+ | name | +---------------------------+ | microbiology | | colony[microbiology] | | microbiology*1:09:00:: | | BIOLOGY:microbiology$NOUN | | microbiology | | microbiology | | BIOLOGY | | ZOOLOGY | | colony[microbiology] | | biology class | +---------------------------+ 10 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select name from test where name like binary '%B%'; +---------------------------+ | name | +---------------------------+ | BIOLOGY:microbiology$NOUN | | BIOLOGY | +---------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select name from test where name like binary '%BIO%'; +---------------------------+ | name | +---------------------------+ | BIOLOGY:microbiology$NOUN | | BIOLOGY | +---------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select name from test where name like binary '%BIOL%'; +---------------------------+ | name | +---------------------------+ | microbiology | | colony[microbiology] | | microbiology*1:09:00:: | | BIOLOGY:microbiology$NOUN | | microbiology | | microbiology | | BIOLOGY | | colony[microbiology] | | biology class | +---------------------------+ 9 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select name from test where name like binary '%BIOLOGY%'; +---------------------------+ | name | +---------------------------+ | microbiology | | colony[microbiology] | | microbiology*1:09:00:: | | BIOLOGY:microbiology$NOUN | | microbiology | | microbiology | | BIOLOGY | | colony[microbiology] | | biology class | +---------------------------+ 9 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> \t