Either way, you won't use an index, so I don't think efficiency is an issue,
unless your CPU is an 8088, and has trouble doing the function.
Wayne Menzie <waynem_at_bosmedtechdotcom.nospam> wrote in message
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> postmaster_at_sybrandb.nospam.demon.nl (Sybrand Bakker) wrote in
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> >order by substr(to_char(test_id), length(to_char(test_id)))
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> Thank you Sybrand. That does the sort on the last number perfectly.
>
> I had a suggestion to use the following:
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> ORDER BY MOD(Test_id, 10)
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> Would this be a more efficient means of doing this? Both seem to work
> properly.
>
> Wayne Menzie
Received on Wed Jan 19 2000 - 20:11:34 CST
