SQL Server using wildcard within IN

Question

Since I believe this should be a basic question I know this question has probably been asked, but I am unable to find it. I\'m probably about to earn my Peer Pressure badge,

Answer 1

SELECT c.* FROM(
SELECT '071235' AS token UNION ALL SELECT '07113' 
 UNION ALL SELECT '071343'
UNION ALL SELECT '0713SA'
UNION ALL SELECT '071443') AS c
JOIN (
SELECT '0712%' AS pattern UNION ALL SELECT '0711%' 
 UNION ALL SELECT '071343') AS d
ON c.token LIKE d.pattern

071235
07113
071343

Answer 2

I had a similar goal - and came to this solution:

select *
from jobdetails as JD
where not exists ( select code from table_of_codes as TC 
                      where JD.job_no like TC.code ) 

I'm assuming that your various codes ('0711%', '0712%', etc), including the %, are stored in a table, which I'm calling *table_of_codes*, with field code.

If the % is not stored in the table of codes, just concatenate the '%'. For example:

select *
from jobdetails as JD
where not exists ( select code from table_of_codes as TC 
                      where JD.job_no like concat(TC.code, '%') ) 

The concat() function may vary depending on the particular database, as far as I know.

I hope that it helps. I adapted it from:

http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/subquery-wildcards-help-199505721.html

Answer 3

How about:

WHERE LEFT(job_no, 4) IN ('0711', '0712', ...)

Answer 4

I think I have a solution to what the originator of this inquiry wanted in simple form. It works for me and actually it is the reason I came on here to begin with. I believe just using parentheses around the column like '%text%' in combination with ORs will do it.

select * from tableName
where (sameColumnName like '%findThis%' or sameColumnName like '%andThis%' or 
sameColumnName like '%thisToo%' or sameColumnName like '%andOneMore%') 

Answer 5

You could try something like this:

select *
from jobdetails
where job_no like '071[12]%'

Not exactly what you're asking, but it has the same effect, and is flexible in other ways too :)

Answer 6

In Access SQL, I would use this. I'd imagine that SQLserver has the same syntax.

select * from jobdetails where job_no like "0711*" or job_no like "0712*"