Select query but show the result from record number 3

Question

I have some simple query:

SELECT * FROM table 

You all know the result:

|id|   foo   |    bar   |
-------------------------
|1          


        

Answer 1

This way you get id = 3 first:

SELECT *
FROM tbl
ORDER BY (id = 3) DESC
-- ,id

Order by id additionally if you want the rest ordered, too.

Explanation:

The expression evaluates to boolean. FALSE (= 0 in mysql) sorts before TRUE (= 1 in mysql), so we order descending.

It also automatically covers the case of id being NULL. I quote the manual again here:

When doing an ORDER BY, NULL values are presented first if you do ORDER BY ... ASC and last if you do ORDER BY ... DESC.