Question

In conjunction with the fn_split function, I’m returning a list of results from a table based on comma separated values.

The Stored Procedure T-SQL is as follows:

SELECT ProductCode, ProductDesc, ImageAsset, PriceEuros, PriceGBP, PriceDollars,   replace([FileName],' ','\_') as [filename],   ID as FileID, weight   from Products   LEFT OUTER JOIN Assets on Assets.ID = Products.ImageAsset   where ProductCode COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT IN   (select [value] from fn\_split(@txt,','))   and showOnWeb = 1 

I pass in to the @txt param the following (as an example):

ABC001,ABC009,ABC098,ABC877,ABC723

This all works fine, however the results are not returned in any particular order – I need the products returning in the ‘SAME ORDER’ as the input param.

Unfortunately this is a live site with a built schema, so I can’t change anything on it (but I wish I could) – otherwise I would make it more sensible.

Answer 1

If all of the references that are passed in on the @txt param are unique you could use CharIndex to find their position within the param e.g.

order by charindex(ProductCode, @txt)