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I've got a database with a lot of potentially numeric data in text =
fields. When I order by this column, my result set is somethng like:
1,10,11,12,2,20,21,3
Instead of 1,2,3,10,11,12,20,21
Is there some method of getting these in the correct order?
I've already tried putting the data into an array and sorting that, to =
no avail.
Also, another probelm with the dataset that may be returned is that =
sometimes the fields do contain text, such as 1(1),1(2), or 1(a),1(b). =
And this needs to be taken into account in the sorting procedure.
TIA
Ashe Richards
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I've got a database with a lot of potentially =
numeric data in=20
text fields. When I order by this column, my result set is somethng=20
like:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>1,10,11,12,2,20,21,3</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Instead of 1,2,3,10,11,12,20,21</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Is there some method of getting these in the correct =
order?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I've already tried putting the data into an array =
and sorting=20
that, to no avail.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Also, another probelm with the dataset that may be =
returned is=20
that sometimes the fields do contain text, such as 1(1),1(2), or =
1(a),1(b). And=20
this needs to be taken into account in the sorting =
procedure.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>TIA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ashe Richards</FONT></DIV>
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