How to use SQL LIKE condition with multiple values in PostgreSQL?

Question

Is there any shorter way to look for multiple matches:

 SELECT * 
 from table 
 WHERE column LIKE \"AAA%\" 
    OR column LIKE \"BBB%\" 
    OR column LIKE \         


        

Answer 1

Using array or set comparisons:

create table t (str text);
insert into t values ('AAA'), ('BBB'), ('DDD999YYY'), ('DDD099YYY');

select str from t
where str like any ('{"AAA%", "BBB%", "CCC%"}');

select str from t
where str like any (values('AAA%'), ('BBB%'), ('CCC%'));

It is also possible to do an AND which would not be easy with a regex if it were to match any order:

select str from t
where str like all ('{"%999%", "DDD%"}');

select str from t
where str like all (values('%999%'), ('DDD%'));