Combining "LIKE" and "IN" for SQL Server

Question

Is it possible to combine LIKE and IN in a SQL Server-Query?

So, that this query

SELECT * FROM table WHERE column LIKE IN ('Text%', 'Link%', 'Hello%', '%World%')

Finds any of these possible matches:

Text, Textasd, Text hello, Link2, Linkomg, HelloWorld, ThatWorldBusiness

etc...

Answer 1

You need multiple LIKE clauses connected by OR.

SELECT * FROM table WHERE 
column LIKE 'Text%' OR 
column LIKE 'Link%' OR 
column LIKE 'Hello%' OR 
column LIKE '%World%' OR

Answer 2

No, MSSQL doesn't allow such queries. You should use col LIKE '...' OR col LIKE '...' etc.

Answer 3

No, you will have to use OR:

SELECT 
   * 
FROM 
   table
WHERE 
   column LIKE 'Text%' OR 
   column LIKE 'Link%' OR 
   column LIKE 'Hello%' OR
   column LIKE '%World%'

Have you looked at Full-Text Search?

Answer 4

Effectively, the IN statement creates a series of OR statements... so

SELECT * FROM table WHERE column IN (1, 2, 3)

Is effectively

SELECT * FROM table WHERE column = 1 OR column = 2 OR column = 3

And sadly, that is the route you'll have to take with your LIKE statements

SELECT * FROM table
WHERE column LIKE 'Text%' OR column LIKE 'Hello%' OR column LIKE 'That%'

Answer 5

One other option would be to use something like this

SELECT  * 
FROM    table t INNER JOIN
     (
      SELECT 'Text%' Col
      UNION SELECT 'Link%'
      UNION SELECT 'Hello%'
      UNION SELECT '%World%'
     ) List ON t.COLUMN LIKE List.Col