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MySQL LIKE IN()?

I have 2 tables

atm_name_initials (initial)

KS
FW
GE
SD

atm_tasks_dit (task_name,task_given_to)

task1 KS
task2 GE
task3 GE/SD

Now i want to SELECT all distinct names from atm_name_initials WHERE they are founded IN LIKE atm_tasks_dit.task_given_to

This is what i have so far:

SELECT initial FROM atm_name_initials
WHERE initial 
IN
(
    SELECT DISTINCT task_given_to FROM atm_tasks_dit
    WHERE on_big_project_id = 29
)

What this piece of code does it searches if EXACLY the atm_name_initials.initial value is founded in atm_tasks_dit.task_given_to

i would like something like

SELECT initial FROM atm_name_initials
WHERE initial 
"IS LIKE" IN

'%
(
    SELECT DISTINCT task_given_to FROM atm_tasks_dit
    WHERE on_big_project_id = 29
)
%'

or something…

Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

Answer 1

A mix between answers proposed, using MySQL sintax:

SELECT DISTINCT initial
  FROM atm_tasks_dit,atm_name_initials
 WHERE task_given_to LIKE CONCAT('%',initial,'%')

Just in case check SQL Fiddle code.

And here is another similar question.