Searching a range when using like % - sql

Question

I'm searching SQL Server using the following and I want to find a way to reduce the query size when it comes to the range of postal codes being searched:
SELECT TOP (100) *
FROM XXXX (NOLOCK)
WHERE (Request like '%<BillCountry>US</BillCountry>%')
AND (Request like '%<BillPostal>83%' OR Request like '%<BillPostal>84%' OR Request like '%<BillPostal>85%' OR Request like '%<BillPostal>86%' OR Request like '%<BillPostal>87%' OR Request like '%<BillPostal>91%' OR Request like '%<BillPostal>92%' OR Request like '%<BillPostal>93%' OR Request like '%<BillPostal>94%')
AND (CreatedUTC between '2022-02-01' and '2022-03-01')
ORDER BY CreatedUTC DESC
The <BillPostal>XXXXX</BillPostal> is deep inside a saved XML response.
I'm searching for a range of BillPostal such as 83XXX-87XXX and 91XXX-94XXX. Maybe this is the only way?

Answer 1

In Sql Server you can use a character class [] in the pattern syntax for LIKE/PATINDEX.
So the criteria for Request can be golfcoded
SELECT TOP (100) *
FROM XXXX
WHERE (Request like '%<BillCountry>US</BillCountry>%')
AND (Request like '%<BillPostal>8[3-7]%'
OR Request like '%<BillPostal>9[1-4]%')
AND (CreatedUTC between '2022-02-01' and '2022-03-01')
ORDER BY CreatedUTC DESC;

Answer 2

You could offload the bulk of your criteria to an exists check with the lookup terms in a separate table. An example would be:
with lookups as (
select '<BillPostal>83' term union all
select '<BillPostal>84' union all
select '<BillPostal>85'
), testdata as (
select '<xml><element><BillPostal>85</billpostal></element></xml>' col union all
select '<xml><element><BillPostal>81</billpostal></element></xml>' union all
select '<xml><element><BillPostal>86</billpostal></element></xml>' union all
select '<xml><element><BillPostal>84</billpostal></element></xml>'
)
select *
from testdata
where exists (select * from lookups where CharIndex(term,col) > 0);