Monday 19 December 2011

Sort VARCHAR on VARCHAR coloum (varchar + int)


SET NOCOUNT ON

Declare @Table table
(
    Id  INT Identity (1, 1),
    StringValue VarChar (30)
)

INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('CAR 10')
INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('CAR 20')
INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('CAR 2')
INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('CAR 3')
INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('CAR 4')

INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('SHIP 32')
INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('SHIP 310')
INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('SHIP 320')
INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('SHIP 33')
INSERT INTO @Table (StringValue) VALUES ('SHIP 34')


SELECT Id,
    SubString (StringValue, 1, CharIndex (' ', StringValue)) ObjectName,
    CONVERT (INT, SubString (StringValue, CharIndex (' ', StringValue), LEN (StringValue))) ObjectId
FROM @Table
ORDER BY 2, 3

SELECT Id, StringValue
FROM @Table
ORDER BY
    SubString (StringValue, 1, CharIndex (' ', StringValue)),
    CONVERT (INT, SubString (StringValue, CharIndex (' ', StringValue), LEN (StringValue)))

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