SELECT 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.variant_id, 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.position, 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.color, 
  cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant 
FROM 
  cscart_product_feature_variants 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions ON cscart_product_feature_variants.variant_id = cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant_id 
  AND cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.variant_id IN (
    1389, 1659, 2355, 1660, 1904, 2382, 2197, 
    1324, 1900, 1899, 1202, 1912, 2290, 
    1712, 1905, 1881, 1988
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_product_feature_variants.position ASC, 
  cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant ASC

Query time 0.00056

JSON explain

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Result

variant_id position color variant
2290 0 Chrome-plated
1899 0 Compressed Air (mixture)
1712 0 Double stage
1988 0 Forming gases (mixture)
2355 0 Fuel gases (mixture)
1900 0 Hydrogen (H2)
1389 0 Linde
1905 0 Nitrogen (N2)
1904 0 Oxygen (O2)
1660 0 Single stage
2382 0 Test
1324 0 up to 4.5
2197 0 up to 5.0
1202 0 Vulkan
1659 1 Brass
1912 1 up to 5.0 (laboratory gases / laser gases)
1881 3 Metall