I want to select all the payments where varchar has a value in it

This SQL statement will give you all payments where varchar variable has a value in it.

SELECT *
FROM Payments
WHERE @Variable1 IS NOT NULL
OR @Variable2 IS NOT NULL
OR @Variable3 IS NOT NULL

declare @sql nvarchar(max)
set @sql = 'select * from payments
where varcharfield like ''%' + @variable1 + '%''
or varcharfield like ''%' + @variable2 + '%''
or varcharfield like ''%' + @variable3 + '%'''

exec @sql

change exec @sql to "exec sp_executesql @sql"

>>select * from payments
where varcharfield like ''%' + @variable1 + '%''
or varcharfield like ''%' + @variable2 + '%''
or varcharfield like ''%' + @variable3 + '%'''



i would get the variables by copy and paste
how could I search to see if a varcharfield had these words IN


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more
words

is there a way to use IN

instead of
or field like     or field like    or field like   or field like

no, that will only work for exact matches of each variable

thanks