This is because the LIKE operator works with wildcards.
Expression is true if the value in the specified fieldName matches the
characters of the text string in the specified value. The LIKE
operator in SOQL and SOSL is similar to the LIKE operator in SQL; it
provides a mechanism for matching partial text strings and includes
support for wildcards.
- The % and _ wildcards are supported for the LIKE operator.
- The % wildcard matches zero or more characters.
- The _ wildcard matches exactly one character.
- The text string in the specified value must be enclosed in single quotes.
The LIKE operator is supported for string fields only.
The LIKE operator performs a case-insensitive match, unlike the case-sensitive matching in SQL.
The LIKE operator in SOQL and SOSL supports escaping of special characters % or _.
Don’t use the backslash character in a search except to escape a special character.
For example, the following query matches Appleton, Apple, and Appl,
but not Bappl: SELECT AccountId, FirstName, lastname FROM Contact WHERE lastname LIKE 'appl%'
So in your code, it would be:
@AuraEnabled
public static List<Guest__c> getSpecificGuests(id eventId, string guestName)
{
guestName = '%' + guestName + '%';
List<Guest__c> Guests = [SELECT Id, Guest_Name__c, Seat__c,
FROM Guest__c
WHERE Booking__r.Event__c=:eventId
AND Seat__c=:null
AND Guest_Name__c LIKE : guestName];
return Guests;
}