ysql@lists.mysql.com; Emily Heureux
> Subject: RE: natural sort via substrings
>
> From: Jim Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 12:10 PM
> To: Boyd, Todd M.
> Subject: Re: natural sort via substrings
>
> What I would do is form 2 additional fields fr
From: Jim Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 12:10 PM
To: Boyd, Todd M.
Subject: Re: natural sort via substrings
What I would do is form 2 additional fields from the first, an alphanumeric
field and a numeric field so:
jane-2 jane- 2
alex 3 alex 3
> -Original Message-
> From: Emily Heureux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:25 PM
> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: natural sort via substrings
>
> Hi, I am attempting to do a "natural sort" from within mysql, if
> possi
> -Original Message-
> From: Emily Heureux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 11:12 AM
> To: Boyd, Todd M.; mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: RE: natural sort via substrings
>
> Hi, I am sorry for being so vague. The values are not as simple as
&
R BY.
Thanks,
Emily
> -Original Message-
> From: Boyd, Todd M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:33 AM
> To: Emily Heureux; mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: RE: natural sort via substrings
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From
> -Original Message-
> From: Boyd, Todd M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:33 AM
> To: Emily Heureux; mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: RE: natural sort via substrings
---8<--- snip
> Forgive me if I am incorrect, but wouldn't "ja
> -Original Message-
> From: Emily Heureux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:25 PM
> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: natural sort via substrings
>
> Hi, I am attempting to do a "natural sort" from within mysql, if
> possib
Hi, I am attempting to do a "natural sort" from within mysql, if possible.
So, for example, jane2 would come before jane10, and normal strings would
still sort as expected. I found some solutions, like using length for the
numerical part, but that only works if the strings are the same length.
Ide
