Is there any shorter way to look for multiple matches:
SELECT * from table WHERE column LIKE \"AAA%\" OR column LIKE \"BBB%\" OR column LIKE \
Use LIKE ANY(ARRAY['AAA%', 'BBB%', 'CCC%']) as per this cool trick @maniek showed earlier today.
LIKE ANY(ARRAY['AAA%', 'BBB%', 'CCC%'])