Question

I have this MySql query:

SELECT * FROM `tbl_prods`
WHERE `id` IN ('58', '169', '166', '496', '24', '28')  
ORDER BY FIND_IN_SET(`id`, '58, 169, 166, 496, 24, 28')

the result is weird:

24
28
166
169
496
58

I can’t figure out how to return the exact order by my FIND_IN_SET

any ideas where I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

Use FIELD instead of FIND_IN_SET:

SELECT * FROM `tbl_prods`
WHERE `id` IN ('58', '169', '166', '496', '24', '28')  
ORDER BY FIELD(`id`, '58', '169', '166', '496', '24', '28')