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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] sorting library of congress numbers
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:37:20 -0500, Rick Schumeyer
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wrote:
I have a table where one of the columns is a library of congress
number.
I would like to be able to ORDER BY this column.
First off, by LOC n
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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] sorting library of congress numbers
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:37:20 -0500, Rick Schumeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I have a table where one of the columns is a library of congress number.
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> I would like to be able to ORDER BY this column.
>
First off, by LOC numbers do you mean Title Control Numbers like
"o00325992" or "i0
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 16:37, Rick Schumeyer wrote:
> I have a table where one of the columns is a library of congress
> number.
>
> I would like to be able to ORDER BY this column.
>
>
>
> Currently, the column is a varchar. Unfortunately, a normal string
> comparison
>
> will not work.
>
>
I have a table where one of the columns is a library of
congress number.
I would like to be able to ORDER BY this column.
Currently, the column is a varchar. Unfortunately, a
normal string comparison
will not work.
First, has anyone done this already?
If not, I’m thinking I w
