MySQL LIKE IN()?

Question

My current query looks like this:

SELECT * FROM fiberbox f WHERE f.fiberBox LIKE \'%1740 %\' OR f.fiberBox LIKE \'%1938 %\' OR f.fiberBox LIKE \'%1940 %\'
         


        

Answer 1

Just note to anyone trying the REGEXP to use "LIKE IN" functionality.

IN allows you to do:

field IN (
'val1',
'val2',
'val3'
)

In REGEXP this won't work

REGEXP '
val1$|
val2$|
val3$
'

It has to be in one line like this:

REGEXP 'val1$|val2$|val3$'