How can I tell if a VARCHAR variable contains a substring?

Question

I thought it was CONTAINS, but that\'s not working for me.

I\'m looking to do this:

IF CONTAINS(@stringVar, \'thisstring\')
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Answer 1

The standard SQL way is to use like:

where @stringVar like '%thisstring%'

That is in a query statement. You can also do this in TSQL:

if @stringVar like '%thisstring%'