sql check a stirng in a row code example

Example 1: sql where contains

SELECT * FROM mytable
WHERE column1 LIKE '%word1%'
   OR column1 LIKE '%word2%'
   OR column1 LIKE '%word3%'

Example 2: sql where contains part of string

-- To find an exact string
SELECT * FROM [table] WHERE [field] LIKE '%stringtosearchfor%'.