On 30-Aug-2001 Iago Sineiro wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Anybody knows a function or some way to convert a string to a integer? I've
> looked in the manual and I haven't seen anything.
>
> I need it to order a query by a column which contains numbers but the type
> of the column is varchar. I want to convert the values to integer before
> ordering the query.
>
select mystr+0 as myint from foo order by myint;
Regards,
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(53kr33t w0rdz: sql table query)
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