Apply like function on an array is SQL Server - sql

Question

I am getting array from front end to perform filters according that inside the SQL query.
I want to apply a LIKE filter on the array. How to add an array inside LIKE function?
I am using Angular with Html as front end and Node as back end.
Array being passed in from the front end:
[ "Sports", "Life", "Relationship", ...]
SQL query is :
SELECT *
FROM Skills
WHERE Description LIKE ('%Sports%')
SELECT *
FROM Skills
WHERE Description LIKE ('%Life%')
SELECT *
FROM Skills
WHERE Description LIKE ('%Relationship%')
But I am getting an array from the front end - how to create a query for this?

Answer 1

In SQL Server 2017 you can use OPENJSON to consume the JSON string as-is:
SELECT *
FROM skills
WHERE EXISTS (
SELECT 1
FROM OPENJSON('["Sports", "Life", "Relationship"]', '$') AS j
WHERE skills.description LIKE '%' + j.value + '%'
)
Demo on db<>fiddle

Answer 2

As an example, for SQL Server 2016+ and STRING_SPLIT():
DECLARE #Str NVARCHAR(100) = N'mast;mode'
SELECT name FROM sys.databases sd
INNER JOIN STRING_SPLIT(#Str, N';') val ON sd.name LIKE N'%' + val.value + N'%'
-- returns:
name
------
master
model
Worth to mention that input data to be strictly controlled, since such way can lead to SQL Injection attack
As the alternative and more safer and simpler approach: SQL can be generated on an app side this way:
Select * from Skills
WHERE (
Description Like '%Sports%'
OR Description Like '%Life%'
OR Description Like '%Life%'
)

Answer 3

A simple map()-call on the words array will allow you to generate the corresponding queries, which you can then execute (with or without joining them first into a single string).
Demo:
var words = ["Sports", "Life", "Relationship"];
var template = "Select * From Skills Where Description Like ('%{0}%')";
var queries = words.map(word => template.replace('{0}', word));
var combinedQuery = queries.join("\r\n");
console.log(queries);
console.log(combinedQuery);