Question

How can I use LIKE operator with the OR operator in SQL Server 2005? For example:

SELECT * 
  FROM table 
 WHERE column_name LIKE '%boo%' OR '%bar%' 

This does not seems to work !

EDIT 1 : RESPONSE TO FIRST ANSWER POSTED:

Cool, that works ! but I just found for the first time that your order conditions do not work with like … I want to ask is this normal or am I making a mistake? please see below to see what I mean

select * 
from <table> 
where col_name = 'VAL-QWE' 
      AND scenario like '%xxx%'
      OR scenario like '%yyy%'

if you execute this query, sql server does not cares for col_name = 'VAL-QWE' condition at all, it just looks at the like condition ?

Answer 1

select * 
from table where 
column_name like '%boo%' 
or column_name like '%bar%'  

You need to repeat what the condition is being tested on. In this case, you need to repeat column_name in your second conditional like clause.

The like or any conditional test does not persist from the previous statement/test.