Question

I am running the following SQL query:

SELECT * FROM cms_albums WHERE id IN (SELECT album_id FROM cms_albums_collections WHERE collection_id = 1 ORDER BY position ASC)

Now, assume the inner query

SELECT album_id FROM cms_albums_collections WHERE collection_id = 1 ORDER BY position ASC

returns the following:

album_id
"4"
"2"

This is the order that I want.
However the overall query will return:

id   name   
"2" "Second album"
"4" "First album"

I am assuming this is because the entries are in this order in the ‘cms_albums’ table.
Is there any way I can get my overall result in the order given by the inner query?

Thanks

Answer 1

Try this variation:

SELECT  DISTINCT c.*
FROM    cms_albums c
JOIN    cms_albums_collections cc
ON      c.id = cc.album_id
WHERE   cc.collection_id = 1
ORDER BY
        cc.position ASC

The order of the items in an IN list is lost, instead form a join, then you can apply the ordering you wanted.