Question

suppose my table structure is like

ID       OEReference
---      ------------
1         00000634B9
2         00000634B6
3         0005000053
4         0002855071
5         0000940148
6         0001414825
7         00000634B9

i want that they way i supply OEReference that order should maintain in output.
my sql is like

Select * from mytable where OEReference in ('00000634B9','0001414825','00000634B6')

the above statement did not return resultset according to the order of IN clause. i know that it is not possible by ORDER BY CLAUSE

how can i do it with simple sql statement in sql server. thanks

Answer 1

You could use a temporary table as a filter. Aninner join will enforce the filter, and you can sort on the identity column:

declare @filter table (id int identity, ref varchar(50))
insert @filter values ('00000634B9')
insert @filter values ('0001414825')
insert @filter values ('00000634B6')

select  *
from    YourTable yt
join    @filter filter
on      filter.ref = yt.OEReference
order by
        filter.id