How do I use a comma separated list of values as a filter in T-SQL?

Question

I have a basic SQL query, starting with:

SELECT top 20 application_id, [name], location_id FROM apps

Now, I would like to finish it so that it

Answer 1

While it is not exactly a best practice to use 1=1, it does the trick here.

SELECT top 20 application_id, [name], location_id FROM apps
WHERE
  (@lid > 0 and @lid = location_id)
or
  (isnull(@lid, 0) <= 0 and 1=1)