avoid Sorting by the MYSQL IN Keyword

Question

When querying the db for a set of ids, mysql doesnot provide the results in the order by which the ids were specified. The query i am using is the following:

Answer 1

There is no auto-sorting or default sorting going on. The sorting you're seeing is most likely the natural sorting of rows within the table, ie. the order they were inserted. If you want the results sorted in some other way, specify it using an ORDER BY clause. There is no way in SQL to specify that a sort order should follow the ordering of items in an IN clause.