How can i sort a mysql result by a list of prioritised ids?

Question

I have a large products database, and every sunday, my script is activating 50 new products. the thing is, based on some rules in my script, im finding some products i should pr

Answer 1

use FIELD

SELECT * 
FROM products 
order by FIELD(id,59,47,28,29,20), id desc 
limit 50

• Ordering by specific field values with MySQL

Answer 2

Actually, your pseudo code also comes pretty close to such a query:

SELECT *
FROM products
order by id='59' desc, id='47' desc, id='28' desc, id='29' desc, id='20' desc, id desc
limit 50

This uses the fact that a condition evaluates to 0 or 1.