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:
>
>
>>fair enough. but a simple order by id would never work.
>>
>>
>>
>
>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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