Subject Re: [ib-support] ORDER BY as number when not
Author Todd Brasseur
Yes, tried that. no luck

Paul Vinkenoog wrote:

> Hello Todd,
>
> > We have a table that has a number of different kinds of codes in it.
> > Some are numbers and some are not, so the code itself is defined as
> > a CHAR.
> >
> > Is it possible to order the data numerically in a select statement
> > even when it isn't so the data comes out like:
> >
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 11
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > 1
> > 11
> > 2
> > 3
>
> Have you tried it with a CAST? (Don't know if it works, never tried
> using a CAST within an ORDER BY myself.)
>
> Greetings,
> Paul Vinkenoog
>
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Todd Brasseur, A.M.A.A.
COMPASS Municipal Services Inc.




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