If your town field always uses the format "town number", you can do:
SELECT *
FROM town
ORDER BY substring(town,locate(' ',town))+0 ASC;
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 11:40, Nicolas JOURDEN wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can I fix an order by using numbers and letters ?
>
> Id Town
> 56 Paris 1
> 60 Paris 10
> 7 Paris 11
> 262 Paris 12
> 8 Paris 13
> 16 Paris 14
> 22 Paris 15
> 6 Paris 3
> 57 Paris 4
> 51 Paris 6
> 5 Paris 7
> 61 Paris 8
> 59 Paris 9
>
> I'd like to get :
>
> 56 Paris 1
> 6 Paris 3
> 57 Paris 4
> 51 Paris 6
> 5 Paris 7
> 61 Paris 8
> 59 Paris 9
> 60 Paris 10
> 7 Paris 11
> 262 Paris 12
> 8 Paris 13
> 16 Paris 14
> 22 Paris 15
>
> A this time I'm doing this sql syntax :
>
> SELECT *
> FROM town
> ORDER BY town ASC
>
>
> How can I do it ?
--
Diana Soares
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