Stored proc + variable contains table row field

Question

I'm trying to do query on table where a field's text is contained in a variable.

Example:

Table A

ID     Ref               Processed
----|-----------------|---------
1   |  I want a pool  |   0
2   |  I want a bike  |   0

Table B

ID     Text
----|---------------
1   |  pool
2   |  bike

Get all unprocessed rows from TableA into #tempTable

select * into #tmpTable from TableA where processed = 0

I then cycle over each row in #tmpTable and set @Variable to the current field Ref .

So the first time through @Variable = 'I want a pool' and then @Variable = 'I want a bike' .

I then need to query TableB where the Text field is contained inside @Variable and select the row.

I know the following doesn't work, but it's where I need to end up:

select * from TableB where @Variable LIKE '% '+Text+' %'

I'm editing an existing stored procedure so if there's a better way to go about this then I'm open to all suggestions.

Answer 1

Is this what you are looking for?

select a.*, b.text
from tableA a join
     tableB b
     on a.processed = 0 and
        ref like '%'+b.text+'%';

EDIT:

If you want to match words that are separated by spaces:

     on a.processed = 0 and
        ' '+ref+' ' like '% '+b.text+' %';