Quoth "Adam Rich" <adam.r@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> I'd like to make a single query that returns a number of rows using a >> 'WHERE id IN (<list-of-ids>)' condition, but I'd like the rows to be >> returned in the order in which the ids are given in the list. >> > Depending on how many IDs you have in your list, you can accomplish this > with a CASE statement: > > SELECT * > FROM MYTABLE > WHERE id IN (6, 9, 3) > ORDER BY CASE id > WHEN 6 then 1 > WHEN 9 then 2 > WHEN 3 then 3 END Thanks for this suggestion Adam. You say "depending on how many IDs there are in the list". The query is constructed programatically so unless there's a limit on the number of conditions a CASE clause can handle, this is the way I'll go about it. Sebastian -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
