How to use a LIKE statement inside an IF statement?

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Published on 2010-04-21T20:19:40Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 20:23 UTC
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I need to be able to check if a variable has a certain string of text inside it. Here's what I have now:

--This sample always goes to the ELSE block.
IF( @name LIKE '%John%' )
BEGIN
    --do one thing
END
ELSE
BEGIN
    --do the other thing
END

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