Ray, try this:
SELECT col1 FROM (SELECT '10.0.112.1' col1 FROM dual UNION SELECT '10.0.113.1' FROM dual UNION SELECT '10.0.114.1' FROM dual UNION SELECT '10.0.90.1' FROM dual UNION SELECT '10.0.80.1' FROM dual) ORDER BY TO_NUMBER(REPLACE (col1,'.','0')) Hope this helps Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Need a trick to sort ip addresses into numerical order. I have them stored as varchar2. If I select without a sort I get rows in order of their character value: 10.0.112.1 10.0.113.1 10.0.113.2 10.0.12.1 10.0.78.1 I'd like to order them numerically within the octets: 10.0.12.1 10.0.78.1 10.0.112.1 10.0.113.1 10.0.113.2 =============================================================== Ray Stell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (540) 231-4109 KE4TJC 28^D -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ray Stell INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
