Django order_by specific order
Is it possible to replicate this kind of specific sql ordering in the django ORM: order by (case when id = 5 then 1 when id = 2 then 2 when id = 3 then 3 when id = 1 then 4 when id = 4 then 5 end) asc ? You could do it w/ extra() or more plain raw() , but they can not work well w/ more complex situation. qs.extra(select={'o':'(case when id=5 then 1 when id=2 then 2 when id=3 then 3 when id=1 then 4 when id=4 then 5 end)', order_by='o'} YourModel.raw('select ... order by (case ...)') For your code, condition set is very limited, you could sort in Python easily. Since Django 1.8 you have