Question

I have a data in the table in the form below and it is in varchar(8) datatype

Total

100
101
104.5
88
1038
64
108.3
10872
900

I like to use ASC in T-sql so that I can display it into ascending order, however I
cannot do it as it is in varchar(8) form

For example

select Total from
Table A
Order by Total ASC

How to first add these values into Temporary temp table?
and How to convert this varchar(8) values and into what? so that
you can display them in ASC or ascending order using T-SQL query?
Anyone?

Answer 1

You could cast the value like this.

SELECT 
    Total 
FROM Table A
ORDER BY CAST(Total AS FLOAT) ASC