James Bond <coolof...@hotmail.com> wrote: > hi, i am fairly new in postgresql, so if anyone can help me would be great > > if i simply do: > > select ver_no > from version > order by ver_no > > the result will be something like this: > > .1.3.1 > .1.3.2.5. > .1.4.1.7.12 > .1.4.11.14.7. > .1.4.3.109.1. > .1.4.8.66. > > so as you can see first 3 lines are ok, but how to make 1.4.3.109 come before > 1.4.11 because the third level "3" is smaller than "11". i understand they are > stored as char so i used split_part function to separate each numbers between > "." in a separate column. but when i try to convert those column into integer, > i am getting an error msg saying: ERROR: invalid input syntax for type > numeric: > " " > > here is my code:
test=*# select * from o; t --------------- .1.3.1 .1.3.2.5. .1.4.1.7.12 .1.4.11.14.7. .1.4.3.109.1. .1.4.8.66. (6 rows) Time: 0,262 ms test=*# select * from o order by split_part(t,'.',2)::int, split_part(t,'.',3)::int, split_part(t,'.',4)::int; t --------------- .1.3.1 .1.3.2.5. .1.4.1.7.12 .1.4.3.109.1. .1.4.8.66. .1.4.11.14.7. (6 rows) Time: 0,403 ms Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql