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

This might me the most simple solution use like any

select *
from jobdetails
where job_no like any ('0711%', '0712%')

In Teradata this works fine.

Answer 2

Try this

select * 
from jobdetails 
where job_no between '0711' and '0713'

the only problem is that job '0713' is going to be returned as well so can use '07299999999999' or just add and job_no <> '0713'

Dan zamir

Answer 3

As Jeremy Smith posted it, i'll recap, since I couldn't answer to that particular question of his.

select *
from jobdetails
where job_no like '071[1-2]%'

If you just need 0711% and 0712% you can also place a ranges within the brackets. For the NOT keyword you could also use [^1-2]%

Answer 4

How about something like this?

declare @search table
(
    searchString varchar(10)
)

-- add whatever criteria you want...
insert into @search select '0711%' union select '0712%'

select j.*
from jobdetails j
    join @search s on j.job_no like s.searchString

Answer 5

You have the answer right there in your question. You cannot directly pass wildcard when using IN. However, you can use a sub-query.

Try this:

select *
from jobdetails
where job_no in (
select job_no
from jobdetails
where job_no like '0711%' or job_no like '0712%')
)

I know that this looks crazy, as you can just stick to using OR in your WHERE clause. why the subquery? How ever, the subquery approach will be useful when you have to match details from a different source.

Raj

Answer 6

1. I firstly added one off static table with ALL possibilities of my wildcard results (this company has a 4 character nvarchar code as their localities and they wildcard their locals) i.e. they may have 456? which would give them 456[1] to 456[Z] i.e 0-9 & a-z

2. I had to write a script to pull the current user (declare them) and pull the masks for the declared user.

3. Create some temporary tables just basic ones to rank the row numbers for this current user

4. loop through each result (YOUR Or this Or that etc...)

5. Insert into the test Table.

Here is the script I used:

Drop Table #UserMasks 
Drop Table #TESTUserMasks 

Create Table #TESTUserMasks (
    [User] [Int] NOT NULL,
    [Mask] [Nvarchar](10) NOT NULL)

Create Table #UserMasks (
    [RN] [Int] NOT NULL,
    [Mask] [Nvarchar](10) NOT NULL)

DECLARE @User INT
SET @User = 74054

Insert Into #UserMasks 
select ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( PARTITION BY ProntoUserID ORDER BY Id DESC) AS RN,
       REPLACE(mask,'?','') Mask
from dbo.Access_Masks 
where prontouserid = @User

DECLARE @TopFlag INT
SET @TopFlag = 1

WHILE (@TopFlag <=(select COUNT(*) from #UserMasks))
BEGIN
    Insert Into #TestUserMasks 
    select (@User),Code from dbo.MaskArrayLookupTable 
    where code like (select Mask + '%' from #UserMasks Where RN = @TopFlag)

    SET @TopFlag = @TopFlag + 1
END
GO

select * from #TESTUserMasks