Here is the solution I posted about t months ago. I would also add, this solution can handle both text and numbers in the same field...:
my boss figured out a nice solution to this ORDER BY IF(ABS(Item) > 0,LPAD(Item,9,'0'),Item) This will pad numbers ( ok it might not do so hot with DECIMAL, but it can be fixed to work I supposed) with 0 So it should sort 000000001 000000002 000000010 000000022 000000050 000000230 instead of 1 10 2 22 230 50 And it will skip padding text cause I guess the ABS of text is 0, and the "numbers" and words will appear separated from each other My boss is smart :) > -----Original Message----- > From: CVIOG at UGA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 4:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Basic Q's: Numerical Sorting > > > I have a fairly basic question: How do I sort > numerically? Normally when I query using "ORDER BY > (field)", it orders by the first digit (i.e. 1, 10, 2, > 21, 3, 32) rather than by number (1, 2, 3, 10, 21, > 32). > > Thanks for any help > Dave > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
