Re: SQL Query (Sorting)

select
decode(substr(col1,1,1),'+',substr(col1,2,1)||'+','-',substr(col1,2,1)||'-', col1) from test
order by
to_number(decode(substr(col1,1,1),'+',substr(col1,2,1),'-',substr(col1,2,1), col1))
/

This will do the thing

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Arun Aggarwal
Aithent Technologies (P) Ltd.
arun_at_ggn.aithent.com
+91-11-6920905 (35)

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• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 11:20

> Hi,
>
> I have a table with a field aa. It is varchar2(2). The possible values
> of this field are
> 1
> 2,-2,+2
> 3,-3,+3
> 4,-4,+4
> 5,-5,+5
> 6,-6,+6
> 7,-7,+7
> 8
> 9
> 10
>
> Now I have to make a query with order by aa . The records should be
> fetched in the following order
>
> 1, 2+,2,2-, 3+,3,3-, 4+,4,4-, 5+,5,5-, 6+,6,6-, 7+,7,7-, 8 , 9 , 10
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> sivak
>

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