MySQL Select WHERE IN given order

Question

I have something like

SELECT * FROM table WHERE id IN (118,17,113,23,72);

If I just do this it returns the rows in ID ascending order. Is t

Answer 1

Try using FIND_IN_SET:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE id IN (118,17,113,23,72) 
    ORDER BY FIND_IN_SET(id, '118,17,113,23,72');