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hztm2
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 Posted - 2010-05-20 : 10:49:04
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| Is there any way I can do something in a select query to get a mixture of numbers and text to order with the the numbers in numeric order. Suppose I have a table with a single varchar field RefNoRefNo100120N1234561002SELECT RefNo FROM Table ORDER BY RefNo produces1001002120N123456this is exactly what I would expect but is there any way I can get the query to order the data in numeric order as below:1001201002N123456Thank you |
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
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Posted - 2010-05-20 : 10:55:08
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Try something like this:order by right(replicate(' ',30)+RefNo,30)CODO ERGO SUM |
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hztm2
Starting Member
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Posted - 2010-05-20 : 11:14:54
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| Thank you very much indeed - that does exactly what I needed - I guess I have a lot to learn!Many thanks again |
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Need to order combination of numbers and text