don't store numbers in character columns, store them in numeric columns.
Jim
"Susan Lam" <susana73_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a varchar2 column which stores characters as well as numbers in
> string such as '12345'. I would like to sort the column so that it
> orders by the actual number in the number string. However, if I do a
> simple order by, 111 is smaller than 22. Is there a easy way to
> accomplish this in sql instead of doing in programming?
>
> Thanks,
> Susan
Received on Mon Jul 07 2003 - 22:00:21 CDT
