DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mcol5328; CREATE DATABASE mcol5328; USE mcol5328; CREATE TABLE cst1(a INT NOT NULL, b VARCHAR(100)) ENGINE=columnstore; INSERT INTO cst1 VALUES(1, 'My mouse'),(2,'Breakfast Food'); SELECT a, b FROM cst1 WHERE b REGEXP '^My'; a b 1 My mouse SELECT a, b FROM cst1 WHERE b REGEXP '[a|e|i|o|u]$'; a b 1 My mouse SELECT a, b FROM cst1 WHERE b REGEXP '^Br[aeiou]{2}.*[aeiou]{2}d$'; a b 2 Breakfast Food SELECT a, REGEXP_SUBSTR(b, 'a|e|i|o|u') AS "vowel" FROM cst1; a vowel 1 o 2 e select a, REGEXP_INSTR(b, 'a|e|i|o|u') AS "vowel" FROM cst1; a vowel 1 5 2 3 select a, REGEXP_REPLACE(b, 'a|e|i|o|u', 'x') AS "vowel" FROM cst1; a vowel 1 My mxxsx 2 Brxxkfxst Fxxd DROP DATABASE mcol5328;