Is there a way to do Like against a list of Values?

Question

Is there a way to mix LIKE operator with IN ? Something Like

SELECT Id FROM Account WHERE Name LIKE IN:nameList

Where nameList is list of String? Is this is possible ? (I can make a dynamic query by doing OR with all the elements, but was looking for a more elegant way to do this)

Answer 1

No, but you can query like this which does the same thing as what you're trying to do:

String[] filters = new String[]{'acme%','ib%'};
List<Accounts> accs = [SELECT Id, Name FROM Account WHERE Name LIKE :filters];