Combination of 'LIKE' and 'IN' using t-sql

Question

How can I do this kind of selection:

SELECT * 
FROM Street 
WHERE StreetName LIKE IN (\'% Main Street\', \'foo %\')

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Answer 1

You don't have a lot of choices here.

SELECT * FROM Street Where StreetName LIKE '% Main Street' OR StreetName LIKE 'foo %'

If this is part of an existing, more complicated query (which is the impression I'm getting), you could create a table value function that does the checking for you.

SELECT * FROM Street Where StreetName IN (dbo.FindStreetNameFunction('% Main Street|foo %'))

I'd recommend using the simplest solution (the first). If this is nested inside a larger, more complicated query, post it and we'll take a look.