MySQL Select WHERE IN given order

Question

I have something like

SELECT * FROM table WHERE id IN (118,17,113,23,72);

If I just do this it returns the rows in ID ascending order. Is t

Answer 1

One option is to use UNION:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE id = 118
UNION
SELECT * FROM table WHERE id = 17
UNION
SELECT * FROM table WHERE id = 113
...