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:

There is the "IN" Operator in Oracle SQL which can be used for that:

select 
    namet.customerfirstname, addrt.city, addrt.postalcode
from schemax.nametable namet
join schemax.addresstable addrt on addrt.adtid = namet.natadtid
where namet.customerfirstname in ('David', 'Moses', 'Robi'); 

Answer 2

In SQL Server 2005+ with Full-Text indexing switched on, I'd do the following:

SELECT *
  FROM T
 WHERE CONTAINS(C, '"David" OR "Robi" OR "Moses"');

If you wanted your search to bring back results where the result is prefixed with David, Robi or Moses you could do:

SELECT *
  FROM T
 WHERE CONTAINS(C, '"David*" OR "Robi*" OR "Moses*"');