m. hvostinski <makhvost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a simple query like: > > SELECT * FROM customer WHERE id IN (23, 56, 2, 12, 10) > > The problem is that I need to retrieve the rows in the same order as the set of > ids provided in the select statement. Can it be done? No. The only way is: select * from ... where id in (...) order by case when id=23 then 1, case when id=56 then 2 end, case when id=2 then 3 end, ... Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general