How to SORT in order as entered in SQL Server?

Question

I\'m using SQL Server and I\'m trying to find results but I would like to get the results in the same order as I had input the conditions.

My code:

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Answer 1

You can replace IN with a JOIN, and set a field for ordering, like this:

SELECT AccountNumber , EndDate
FROM Accounts a
JOIN (
    SELECT 212345 AS Number, 1 AS SeqOrder
UNION ALL
    SELECT 312345 AS Number, 2 AS SeqOrder
UNION ALL
    SELECT 145687 AS Number, 3 AS SeqOrder
UNION ALL
    ... -- and so on
) AS inlist ON inlist.Number = a.AccountNumber
ORDER BY inlist.SeqOrder