Is it possible to manually select order in mysql query?

Question

i have table:

table1
------------
id  |  name
------------
1   |  John
2   |  Steeve
3   |  Walter
4   |  Daniel
5   |  Jeremy
6   |  Carmelo
...

What i need is to select from table in order i manually enter e.g. id 5,3,6,1,4,2

SELECT * FROM talbe1 ORDER BY (5,3,6,1,4,2)

Is it possible somehow? Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use ORDER BY FIELD:

SELECT * FROM talbe1 ORDER BY FIELD(id, 5,3,6,1,4,2)

Answer 2

You can probably try this:

SELECT * FROM talbe1 ORDER BY FIELD(id,'5','3','6','1','4','2')