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Multiple Like Statements / Parameters

Asked by Psychotext in MS SQL Server

Tags: like, multiple, sql, statement

I've been tasked with moving a bunch of code from dynamic SQL to stored procedures and I've run into a bit of a problem with a search function. The nasty little bit of code in question generates a huge SQL statement something like this:

SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE [Field1] LIKE '%SearchText1%' OR [Field2] LIKE '%SearchText1%' OR [Field1] LIKE '%SearchText2%' OR [Field2] LIKE '%SearchText2%'

But much much longer and with a bunch more fields.

What I'd like to do is replicate the functionality as much as possible but without resorting to dynamic SQL. My initial thoughts were to pass in the search text in a delimited format then split it up in the stored procedure (into a temporary table or whatever is appropriate). Problem is, I don't know how to use the LIKE function against more than one value. For instance:
WHERE [FIELD1] LIKE '%SearchText1%','%SearchText2%','%SearchText3%'

Or something similar involving a table. I'm aware that I can go with:
WHERE CONTAINS ([Field1], 'SearchText1')

But to the best of my knowledge that means I'll have to set up full text indexing and I'm also not sure how to reference more than one search string in the function either! I'm sure I'm overcomplicating this! Anyone got any ideas?

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Multiple Like Statements / Parameters

Asked by Psychotext in MS SQL Server

Tags: like, multiple, sql, statement

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