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From: Tristan Colson <tristan_colson@pacbell.net>
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This seems like the answer must be pretty easy, but I can't think of it:

In the following statement:

select field1 from my_table where field2 in (3, 1, 2);

How can I modify this statement so that the record are returned in the
order of having field2 = 3, then field2 = 1, then field2 = 2.
As it stands, I am getting them returned in the order of the value of
field1.