On Wed, February 17, 2010 09:24, Cantwell, Bryan wrote:
> Is there a simple function or method to compare a value in a column to one
> or more items in a comma separated list?
>
> select * from table where value <contains one of>
> ('apple','orange','banana');
>
> and say value may = something like
> 'produce(grape,orange,pear,apple,lettuce)'
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IN('value1','value2') should work for exact matches, also works for
integer values.
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