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LIKE Query

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droppedeye

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Is it possible to use a LIKE with an IN statement? The following example might make this more clear.

SELECT stuff from joined tables
WHERE searchTerm IN (SELECT allkeywords)

What I want to want to have happen is if the keywords returned by the inner query is "barely" and the searchTerm is "are" I want it to be a match. As far as my understanding goes the IN statement is looking for complete matches. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
 
Say your inner query is:
SELECT keyword FROM tblKeywords

then:
SELECT stuff
FROM joined tables
INNER JOIN tblKeywords ON keyword Like '%' || searchTerm || '%'

Hope This Helps, PH.
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