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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:22:04+00:00

I am trying to sort a xml using linq queries using the following code

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I am trying to sort a xml using linq queries using the following code

Dim SortedFields = From field In feedXML.Descendants('fields') Dim sFieldList = From field In SortedFields.Descendants('field') Order By field.@position

The xml is shown below, but the issue is it is ordering it in the following order 1,10,11,12,13,14…19,2,3,4,5,6,7 instead of 1,2,3,4,5….10,11,12,…..19.

Can anybody help me sorting it in the correct order?

<fields>     <field position=''6'' tablename='Students' headername='6' fieldreference='ClientField1' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''7'' tablename='Students' headername='7' fieldreference='ClientField2' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''8'' tablename='Students' headername='8' fieldreference='ClientField3' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''9'' tablename='Students' headername='9' fieldreference='ClientField4' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''10'' tablename='Students' headername='10' fieldreference='ClientField5' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''1'' tablename='Students' headername='1' fieldreference='ClientField6' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''2'' tablename='Students' headername='2' fieldreference='ClientField7' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''3'' tablename='Students' headername='3' fieldreference='ClientField8' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''4'' tablename='Students' headername='4' fieldreference='ClientField9' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''5'' tablename='Students' headername='5' fieldreference='ClientField10' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''11'' tablename='Students' headername='11' fieldreference='ClientField11' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''12'' tablename='Students' headername='12' fieldreference='ClientField12' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''13'' tablename='Students' headername='13' fieldreference='ClientField13' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''14'' tablename='Students' headername='14' fieldreference='ClientField14' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''15'' tablename='Students' headername='15' fieldreference='ClientField15' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''16'' tablename='Students' headername='16' fieldreference='ClientField16' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''17'' tablename='Students' headername='17' fieldreference='ClientField17' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''18'' tablename='Students' headername='18' fieldreference='ClientField18' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' />     <field position=''19'' tablename='Students' headername='19' fieldreference='ClientField19' orderbydirection='ASC' displaycolumn='T' /> </fields>
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  1. As Paul Tomblin points out this is alphabeticical ordering. If position is going to always be a number then you can cast it into an integer using (int?)

    Dim SortedFields = From field In feedXML.Descendants('fields')                             Dim sFieldList = From field In SortedFields.Descendants('field') Order By (int?)field.@position
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