Posted by Alexander Kuznetsov on 07/28/06 15:43

Deane,

instead of

SELECT my_field FROM my_table WHERE my_field IN ('value2', 'value1',
'value3')

try this:

SELECT my_field FROM my_table
join (
select 'value2' c, 1 n
union all
select 'value1', 2
union all
select 'value3', 3
) t
on my_field = t.c
order by t.n

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