> How would I select out the number, if present, in the street number field

have you tried

Order by right(StreetNo, len(StreetNo)-4)

The above might help some but not accurate for all cases.


Joe Eugene


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:48 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Any wanna help? Trying to order output by the number that's
> part of a varchar field...
>
>
> Hi, all...
>
> I'm trying to order street addresses.
>
> I originally setup the the first field in the address to hold the steet
> number and made it numeric so it could be ordered.
>
> Unfortunately, I found out that some of the addresses had no
> street number,
> but were addresses like "No. 10 Magnolia Park", "No. 12 Pecan Park", etc.
>
> "No. 10" is what's now going in the street number field, and, of course,
> that field
> cannot be numeric, but a character field. However, that's throwing off the
> ordering
> of the properties...
>
> How would I select out the number, if present, in the street number field
> and have Cold Fusion order the query output by the number?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Rick
>
>
> Rick Faircloth
> WhiteStoneMedia.com
>
>
> 
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