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lovehui
Yak Posting Veteran

60 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-14 : 14:13:27

ALL order by convert(int,DeptNum) ASC

I have a sql

select * from ta where Dept=ALL order by convert(int,DeptNum) ASC

DeptNum has type varchar(50).

Thanks

DonAtWork
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2167 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-14 : 14:19:57

[code] where Dept= ' ALL ' order by convert(int,DeptNum) ASC [/code]

EDIT: also, you might want to make sure that DeptNum CAN be converted into an INT.

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Kokkula
Starting Member

41 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-15 : 02:53:32

Hello,

For this to achieve DeptNum field should be numeric. Try this

SELECT *
FROM TableName
WHERE Dept = 'ALL'
AND ISNUMERIC(DeptNum) = 1
ORDER BY CONVERT(INT,DeptNum) ASC

Hope helpful...

Thanks,
Pavan

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