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sross81
Posting Yak Master

228 Posts

Posted - 2009-03-23 : 16:49:35

Is it possible to put a Like statement in an In statement? I don't want to hard code like this but they are leaving me no choice.

select * from fdb_medication
where brand_name IN(like('%hand held shower%','raised toilet seat','chucks',
'blood pressure monitor','glucometer','lancets','test strips'))

Thanks in Advance!
Sherri

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2009-03-23 : 17:01:38

Use multiple LIKEs with OR.

WHERE brand_name LIKE '%hand held shower%' OR brand_name LIKE '%...%' OR brand_name IN ('blood pressure monitor', ...)

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Vinnie881
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1231 Posts

Posted - 2009-03-23 : 17:12:09

If there's logic to this, you can always build a query dynamicly as well and use EXEC(...)

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tkizer
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Posted - 2009-03-23 : 17:15:18

Vinnie, how would that help?

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sross81
Posting Yak Master

228 Posts

Posted - 2009-03-23 : 18:23:54

Thanks for your help. I have decided that they are crazy and I am not hard coding this thing its like 36000 names!

quote:
Originally posted by sross81

Is it possible to put a Like statement in an In statement? I don't want to hard code like this but they are leaving me no choice.

select * from fdb_medication
where brand_name IN(like('%hand held shower%','raised toilet seat','chucks',
'blood pressure monitor','glucometer','lancets','test strips'))

Thanks in Advance!
Sherri

Thanks in Advance!
Sherri

sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5155 Posts

Posted - 2009-03-23 : 21:15:37

You can put the brand names that you want to check against in a table and then join on the table. It would SOMETHING LIKE this:

declare @table table (searchTerm varchar(32));
insert into @table (searchTerm) values ('hand held shower');
insert into @table (searchTerm) values ('raised toilet seat');

select
   *
from
   fb_medication f
   inner join @table t on
      f.brand_name like '%' + t.searchTerm + '%'

You may want to use a table or temp table instead of a table variable.

If you want to search for exact phrases in some and partial matches in other, include the wild card qualifer (%) in @table.

Also, depending on whether you care about duplicate rows or not, you might want to use select distinct.

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