How do you find products whose name starts with 'App'?

• A. SELECT * FROM products WHERE name LIKE 'Application%';
• B. SELECT * FROM products WHERE name LIKE '%App';
• C. SELECT * FROM products WHERE name LIKE 'App%2023';
• D. SELECT * FROM products WHERE name LIKE 'App%';

Answer: (D)

The main idea is using pattern matching with LIKE and the wildcard %. To find names that start with a particular prefix, put that prefix first and follow it with %. The percent symbol stands for any sequence of characters (including none), so the pattern that starts with App will match anything that begins with those three letters.

Using App% matches any product name that begins with App, such as Apple, Appetizer, Application, etc. It covers all possible continuations after the prefix.

The other patterns are too restrictive for the goal. Starting with Application% would miss names like Appetizer or Apple. Ending with App (%App) would only match names that end with App, not those that start with it. The pattern App%2023 is even more specific, requiring the exact sequence 2023 later in the name.

So, the pattern that best fits finding names that start with 'App' is App%.