Re: ORDER records based on parameters in IN clause

Another option would be:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE id=2003 OR id=1342 OR id=799 OR id=1450;

This should give you the results in the right order...

- Michiel

Scott Marlowe wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 09:22, Russell Simpkins wrote:
>  
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>>fair enough. but a simple order by id would never work.
>>
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>Try this:
>
>select     *,
>    case 
>        when id=2003 then 1 
>        when id=1342 then 2 
>        when id=799 then 3 
>        when id=1450 then 4 
>    end as ob 
>from 
>    tablename 
>where 
>    id in (2003,1342,799,1450) 
>order by 
>    ob;
>
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