How to pass parameter to stored procedure

Question

Hello everyone,

I am using SQL Server 2008 Enterprise on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. In the stored procedure, I need to pass parameter to a select-where-like statement. For example,

@department is store procedure input parameter, its type is varchar(20),

select * from sometable where somecolumn LIKE '%@department%' 

but seems my statement above does not work, any ideas how to pass parameter @department to like statement?

thanks in advance, George

Answer 1

select * /*But don't use * in production!*/
from sometable 
where somecolumn 
LIKE '%' + @department + '%' 

Answer 2

You concatenate the strings:

select * from sometable where somecolumn LIKE '%' + @department + '%'

Answer 3

It's a variable, it goes outside the quotes.

select * from sometable where somecol like '%' + @department + '%'

Or, more preferably, add the %s to the variable and just use it directly

Answer 4

try:

select * from sometable where somecolumn LIKE '%' + @department + '%'

Answer 5

You could do something like this:

select * from sometable where somecolumn LIKE '%' + @department + '%'

Answer 6

select * from sometable 
where CHARINDEX(@department,somecolumn)>0 

You can also use the CHARINDEX function.