Hello, everyone. I posted this question on the SQL listserv, but things are pretty quiet over there. I'm hoping someone over here can help me with one of my queries. I'm working with a SQL Server table that has "PubNumber" as one of its varchar columns. PubNumber *typically* is a hybrid of the last two digits of the calendar year plus another number, such as "05-8", "00-2", "98-10", etc. I'm trying to order my items by PubNumber, but I'm getting results such as the following:
98-1 98-10 98-2 98-3 etc. As you might have guessed, I want 98-10 coming after 98-9 and not 98-1. So, I thought I'd be creative with the following: SELECT *, CAST(LEFT(PubNumber, 2) as int) + '-' + CAST(RIGHT(PubNumber, LEN(PubNumber)-3) as int) FROM Research re, ResearchTypesLookup rtl WHERE re.ResearchTypeID=2 AND re.ResearchYear=1998 AND re.ResearchTypeID=rtl.ResearchTypeID ORDER BY PubNumber, ResearchDate, ResearchTitle Works great UNTIL PubNumber is either blank/null OR contains some lovely anomaly like "SPECIAL". So, I tried my hand at some IF/ELSE and CASE statements and couldn't get anything to work. Any thoughts? I can't turn this into a stored procedure -- I need to just keep it in the CF code. Thanks in advance. Kamie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205890 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
