sql searching multiple words in a string

Question

What is the most efficient and elegant SQL query looking for a string containing the words \"David\", \"Moses\" and \"Robi\". Assume the table is named T an

Answer 1

Oracle SQL :

select * 
from MY_TABLE
where REGEXP_LIKE (company , 'Microsodt industry | goglge auto car | oracles    database')

• company - is the database column name.
• results - this SQL will show you if company column rows contain one of those companies (OR phrase) please note that : no wild characters are needed, it's built in.

more info at : http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/regexp_like.php

Answer 2

if you put all the searched words in a temporaray table say @tmp and column col1, then you could try this:

Select * from T where C like (Select '%'+col1+'%' from @temp);

Answer 3

Select * from table where 
  columnname like'%David%' and 
  columnname like '%Moses%' and columnname like'%Robi%' 

Answer 4

Here is what I uses to search for multiple words in multiple columns - SQL server

Hope my answer help someone :) Thanks

declare @searchTrm varchar(MAX)='one two three ffffd 20   30 comment'; 
--select value from STRING_SPLIT(@searchTrm, ' ') where trim(value)<>''
select * from Bols 
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT value  
    FROM STRING_SPLIT(@searchTrm, ' ')  
    WHERE 
        trim(value)<>''
        and(    
        BolNumber like '%'+ value+'%'
        or UserComment like '%'+ value+'%'
        or RequesterId like '%'+ value+'%' )
        )

Answer 5

If you care about the sequence of the terms, you may consider using a syntax like

select * from T where C like'%David%Moses%Robi%'

Answer 6

Maybe EXISTS can help.

and exists (select 1 from @DocumentNames where pcd.Name like DocName+'%' or CD.DocumentName like DocName+'%')