PreparedStatement IN clause alternatives?

Question

What are the best workarounds for using a SQL IN clause with instances of java.sql.PreparedStatement, which is not supported for multiple values du

Answer 1

For some situations regexp might help. Here is an example I've checked on Oracle, and it works.

select * from my_table where REGEXP_LIKE (search_column, 'value1|value2')

But there is a number of drawbacks with it:

1. Any column it applied should be converted to varchar/char, at least implicitly.
2. Need to be careful with special characters.
3. It can slow down performance - in my case IN version uses index and range scan, and REGEXP version do full scan.