numerical sort on mixed alpha/numeric data - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Gary Stainburn
Subject numerical sort on mixed alpha/numeric data
Date
Msg-id 200307161248.26835.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk
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Responses Re: numerical sort on mixed alpha/numeric data  (Dmitry Tkach <dmitry@openratings.com>)
Re: numerical sort on mixed alpha/numeric data  (Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>)
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Hi folks,

I've got a table holding loco numbers and an id which references the locos 
table. How can I sort this table, so that numeric values appear first in 
numerical order followed by alpha in alpha order.?

nymr=# \d lnumbers              Table "lnumbers" Column   |         Type          | Modifiers
-----------+-----------------------+-----------lnid      | integer               | not nulllnumber   | character
varying(10)| not nulllncurrent | boolean               |
 
Primary key: lnumbers_pkey
Triggers: RI_ConstraintTrigger_7121182

nymr=# select * from lnumbers order by lnumber;lnid | lnumber | lncurrent
------+---------+-----------  26 | 08556   | t  13 | 08850   | f   2 | 2392    | f  15 | 24 061  | t  12 | 25 278  | f
1 | 29      | t   5 | 30926   | t   3 | 4277    | t   7 | 44767   | t  21 | 45157   | t  13 | 4518    | t   6 | 45212
|t  16 | 45337   | t  23 | 4771    | f  19 | 5       | t  24 | 55019   | t  27 | 59      | f  11 | 60007   | t   8 |
60532  | t  23 | 60800   | t  14 | 62005   | t  14 | 62012   | f  18 | 64360   | f   2 | 65894   | t  17 | 6619    | t
27| 69023   | t   9 | 75014   | t  10 | 75029   | t  22 | 76079   | t   4 | 80135   | t  20 | 825     | t  18 | 901
|t   5 | 926     | f  26 | D3723   | f  15 | D5061   | t  12 | D7628   | t  25 | D9009   | t  24 | D9019   | f
 
(38 rows)

nymr=#
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