MySQL sort after argument in IN()

Question

I have string containing a lot of IDs corresponding to my database. Like:

1,2,3,4,5

I then do a mySQL query to select all those rows:

Answer 1

Another option, though FIELD is probably the way to go in your case:

SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `id` IN (2,1,3,4,5) ORDER BY `id` = 2 DESC, `id` = 1 DESC,`id` = 3 DESC, `id` = 4 DESC, `id` = 5 DESC