What would be the code if I inserted the values as

1:001-005
1:014-018
1:006-008

so that they would sort correctly as entered,
then strip out all 0's for display?

Rick

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:47 PM
  To: CF-Talk
  Subject: Re: How can I order these values numerically?

  Order by the length of the field, then the field itself.  This won't
  always work if there are overlaps.

  --Ben Doom

  Rick Faircloth wrote:

  > Hi, all...
  >
  > How can I order these values numerically?
  >
  > 1:1-5
  > 1:14-18
  > 1:6-8
  >
  > How can I, without making the db field a numeric field rather than a
varchar
  > field,
  > cause these values to be ordered this way:
  >
  > 1:1-5
  > 1:6-8
  > 1:14-18
  >
  > Thanks for your help...
  >
  > Rick
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