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How can I use the value of a variable in an IN statement?

example:

SET @numbers:= '1,2,3,4,5,6';

SELECT * FROM table WHERE t.number in (@numbers);

UPDATE table SET name = 'test' WHERE t.number in (@numbers);

How can I use the value of a variable in an IN statement? As in the request above

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>Solution :

You can’t use IN on a CSV string like that.

But you can use it with FIND_IN_SET

SET @numbers:= '1,2,3,4,5,6';

UPDATE your_table t
SET name = 'test' 
WHERE FIND_IN_SET(t.number, @numbers) != 0;

SELECT * 
FROM your_table t
WHERE FIND_IN_SET(t.number, @numbers) != 0;
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