% -- Equates to zero or more characters.
-- Example: Find all customers with surnames ending in ‘ory’.
SELECT * FROM customers
WHERE surname LIKE '%ory';
_ -- Equates to any single character.
-- Example: Find all customers living in cities beginning with any 3 characters, followed by ‘vale’.
SELECT * FROM customers
WHERE city LIKE '_ _ _vale';
[charlist] -- Equates to any single character in the list.
-- Example: Find all customers with first names beginning with J, K or T.
SELECT * FROM customers
WHERE first_name LIKE '[jkt]%';