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rp54969
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 Posted - 2008-12-17 : 02:25:42
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| I have an sequence it is a combination of numerics and alphanumeric.Some are in numerics only.For example1,1A,35,2B,2A,46,29.After Sorting i WANT AS1,1A,2A,2B,29,35,46.This is just example i given.Hope you got my requirement.The sequence is always start with Numeric only.Please help me in this .This is very urgent. |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2008-12-17 : 02:28:12
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| [code]ORDER BY LEFT(Field,1)*1,SUBSTRING(Field,2,LEN(Field))[/code] |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2008-12-17 : 02:31:42
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ORDER BY LEN(Col1), Col1
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mattyblah
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Posted - 2008-12-17 : 03:07:16
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| I've worked on something similar. The problem becomes when you have sequences like '01' and '2A3' and '2'. The solution was complicated and prone to errors. Good luck. |
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SwePeso
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need help in sorting