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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T06:54:15+00:00 2026-05-11T06:54:15+00:00

I have a column of numbers stored as chars. When I do a ORDER

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I have a column of numbers stored as chars. When I do a ORDER BY for this column I get the following:

100
131
200
21
30
31000
etc.

How can I order these chars numerically? Do I need to convert something or is there already an SQL command or function for this?

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  1. 2026-05-11T06:54:15+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 6:54 am

    Try this:

    ORDER BY CAST(thecolumn AS int) 
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