Question

I have a table as follows,

table1

When i m using the query

"SELECT cat_title FROM table1 WHERE cat_id IN(21,10,25,4)"

the result is in the order

cat_title

Bank

Beauty Parlour

Car

Accomodation

But i need the result as given in the query like,

cat_title

Car

Beaty Parlour

Accomodation

Bank

What will i do?

Answer 1

You can try this:

SELECT cat_title
FROM table1
WHERE cat_id IN(21,10,25,4)
ORDER BY (cat_id = 21) DESC, (cat_id = 10) DESC, (cat_id = 25) DESC, (cat_id = 4) DESC;

or

SELECT cat_title
FROM table1
WHERE cat_id IN(21,10,25,4)
ORDER BY FIND_IN_SET(cat_id, ('21,10,25,4'));