I am *not* sure this is right but might be worth playing with- 

use strict;
use warnings;
use YAML;
use SQL::Abstract;

my $original = 'A*|B|C*|D|Z';

my @refs = split /\|/, $original;

my ( %like, %in );
for my $ref ( @refs )
{
    $ref =~ s/\*\z/%/;
    $ref =~ /%\z/ ?
        $like{$ref}++
        :
        $in{$ref}++;
}

# See what we've got so far-
print Dump \(%like, %in);

my $sqla = SQL::Abstract->new();

my @doc_like;
push @doc_like, doc => { -like => $_ } for keys %like;

my ( $stmt, @bind ) = $sqla
    ->where({
             -or => [
                     doc => { -in => [ keys %in ] },
                     @doc_like
                    ]
            });
print $stmt, $/;
print join(",", @bind), $/;
#
---
A%: 1
C%: 1
---
B: 1
D: 1
Z: 1
 WHERE ( ( doc IN ( ?, ?, ? ) OR doc LIKE ? OR doc LIKE ? ) )
Z,D,B,C%,A%

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In reply to Re^3: difficulty with SQL::Abstract '-in' clauses by Your Mother
in thread difficulty with SQL::Abstract '-in' clauses by Anonymous Monk

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