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Asked: 2026-05-14T03:30:52+00:00

I would like to do something like this i.e., use wild card characters in

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I would like to do something like this i.e., use wild card characters in the in clause:

SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE keywords IN ('%test%', '%testing%')

This is not supported in SQL Server…. Is there some other way to achieve it…

Looking for something other than:

SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE keywords like '%test%' or keywords like '%testing%' or.....
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  1. Editorial Team

    Nope, only other way I can think of is joining in to a temp table but then you have to eliminate duplicate rows.

    This query of yours is horribly inefficient as it will unconditionally table scan. Perhaps you should look at separating the keywords or introducing a full text index.

    If you would like to look into doing full text searches, then I would recommend looking into some of the heavy weights out there like sphinx or lucene when you evaluate the Sql Server full-text solution.

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