MySQL Custom sort function field ()

MySQL can be custom sorted by field () function, Format:field (VALUE,STR1,STR2,STR3,STR4),value and str1, str2,str3,str4 Compare, return 1,2,3,4, if encountered null or the data that is not in the list returns 0.

Mysql> SELECT * from Driver_log Order by field (name, ' Suzi ', ' Ben ', ' Henry ');

+--------+-------+------------+-------+

| rec_id | name | Trav_date | Miles |

+--------+-------+------------+-------+

| 2 | Suzi |   2006-08-29 | 391 |

| 7 | Suzi |   2006-09-02 | 502 |

| 1 | Ben |   2006-08-30 | 152 |

| 9 | Ben |    2006-09-02 | 79 |

| 5 | Ben |   2006-08-29 | 131 |

| 8 | Henry |   2006-09-01 | 197 |

| 6 | Henry |   2006-08-26 | 115 |

| 4 | Henry |    2006-08-27 | 96 |

| 3 | Henry |   2006-08-29 | 300 |

| 10 | Henry |   2006-08-30 | 203 |

+--------+-------+------------+-------+

MySQL Custom sort function field ()