Comments on: Any sql guru present ? http://diebesteallerzeiten.de/blog/2008/05/13/any-sql-guru-present/ Personal weblog of a web guy from Berlin/Germany with comments on programming, space exploration and assorted stuff. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:26:29 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Manolo http://diebesteallerzeiten.de/blog/2008/05/13/any-sql-guru-present/comment-page-1/#comment-21625 Manolo Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:33:41 +0000 http://diebesteallerzeiten.de/blog/?p=142#comment-21625 Howdy Eike. You can always run 3 queries in the desired order, one for each ID, then merge the results into an array. Makes sense? Howdy Eike.
You can always run 3 queries in the desired order, one for each ID, then merge the results into an array. Makes sense?

]]> By: Richard http://diebesteallerzeiten.de/blog/2008/05/13/any-sql-guru-present/comment-page-1/#comment-3083 Richard Wed, 14 May 2008 14:14:06 +0000 http://diebesteallerzeiten.de/blog/?p=142#comment-3083 Sorry, didn't check enough, copied from dev.mysql.com, http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/select.html: If you want to get the record in an specific order you can do it like this SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY FIELD( id, 23, 234, 543, 23 ) id | name +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 23 | rene 234 | miguel 543 | ana 23 | tlaxcala or if the table as a name SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY FIELD( name, 'miguel', 'rene', 'ana', 'tlaxcala' ) id | name ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 234 | miguel 23 | rene 543 | ana 23 | tlaxcala //Richard Sorry, didn’t check enough, copied from dev.mysql.com, http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/select.html:

If you want to get the record in an specific order you can do it like this

SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY FIELD( id, 23, 234, 543, 23 )

id | name
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
23 | rene
234 | miguel
543 | ana
23 | tlaxcala

or if the table as a name

SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY FIELD( name, ‘miguel’, ‘rene’, ‘ana’, ‘tlaxcala’ )

id | name
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
234 | miguel
23 | rene
543 | ana
23 | tlaxcala

//Richard

]]> By: Richard http://diebesteallerzeiten.de/blog/2008/05/13/any-sql-guru-present/comment-page-1/#comment-3080 Richard Wed, 14 May 2008 14:02:09 +0000 http://diebesteallerzeiten.de/blog/?p=142#comment-3080 Don't think it is possible to specify an exact list like that in any of the databases I've worked with anyway, those being MySQL, Sybase and Oracle, do 3 selects in the order you want or 1 select and save the return values in variables and loop them in php instead. //Richard Don’t think it is possible to specify an exact list like that in any of the databases I’ve worked with anyway, those being MySQL, Sybase and Oracle, do 3 selects in the order you want or 1 select and save the return values in variables and loop them in php instead.

//Richard

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