Since I believe this should be a basic question I know this question has probably been asked, but I am unable to find it. I'm probably about to earn my Peer Pressure badge, but I'll ask anyway:
Is there a way in SQL Server that I am not aware of for using the wildcard character % when using IN.
I realize that I can use OR's like:
select *
from jobdetails
where job_no like '0711%' or job_no like '0712%'
and in some cases I can use a subquery like:
select *
from jobdetails
where job_no in (select job_no from jobs where job_id = 39)
but I'm looking to do something like the following:
select *
from jobdetails
where job_no in ('0711%', '0712%')
In this case it uses the percent sign as a character instead of a wildcard character so no rows are returned. I currently just use a bunch of OR's when I have to do this, but I know there has to be a better way. What method do you use for this?
How about:
WHERE LEFT(job_no, 4) IN ('0711', '0712', ...)