SQL Sort Order by The Order Specified In the Query

Question

Say I have a query \"select * from clauses where id in (0,2,5,1,3)\" and I actually want the rows returned in the same order they are specified the where clause. The order of t

Answer 1

On MySQL, you can use FIND_IN_SET:

ORDER BY FIND_IN_SET(id, '0,2,5,1,3')

The most portable means of ordering would be to use a CASE expression:

ORDER BY CASE id
           WHEN 0 THEN 1
           WHEN 2 THEN 2
           WHEN 5 THEN 3
           WHEN 1 THEN 4
           WHEN 3 THEN 5
         END