Is it possible to use LIKE and IN for a WHERE statment?

Question

I have a list of place names and would like to match them to records in a sql database the problem is the properties have reference numbers after there name. eg. \'Ballymena

Answer 1

well a simple solution would be using regular expression not sure how it's done in sql but probably something similiar to this

WHERE dbo.[Places].[Name]  SIMILAR TO '(Banger|Ballymena)';

or

WHERE dbo.[Places].[Name] REGEXP_LIKE(dbo.[Places].[Name],'(Banger|Ballymena)');

one of them should atleast work