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Asked: 2026-06-12T19:12:12+00:00

I have a database table where users can filter a single column using a

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I have a database table where users can filter a single column using a large number of variables and currently my sql query strings look something like:

SELECT * 
FROM TABLE1
WHERE COLUMN1 LIKE '%APPLE%'
AND COLUMN1 LIKE '%ORANGE%'
AND COLUMN1 LIKE '%GRAPE%'
AND COLUMN1 LIKE '%LEMON%'
AND COLUMN1 LIKE '%LIME%'
AND COLUMN1 LIKE '%TOMATO%'
AND COLUMN1 LIKE '%POTATO%'
...

which becomes a pain to implement especially if I am using a parameterized query string in a table adapter to create fill and get methods that end up having 20 parameters.

Is there any better way of doing this (like using the IN command so I only need one parameter)?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If this is Microsoft SQL server you should look at Full-Text Search (SQL Server) or Full-Text Search (SQL Server) if you’re using SQL 2012. There are a number of ways to do searches for words more effectively than LIKE matching.

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