Question

I’ve got stored procedure that performs search using full-text indexes in general case. But I can’t build full-text index for one field, and I need to use LIKE construction.

So, the problem is: parameter could be

“a*” or “b*”

like parameter for CONTAINS command.

Сan anyone give a good solution, how to transform this parameter for LIKE construction.

Thank you.

P.S: I use MSSQL Server

Answer 1

Thanks to everyone!

Unfortunately expression parsing is not enough for general case.

I use regular expressions in MS SQL SERVER

http://anastasiosyal.com/POST/2008/07/05/REGULAR-EXPRESSIONS-IN-MS-SQL-SERVER-USING-CLR.ASPX