Question

I have a string field in database that keeps numbers as string. when I want to order based on this field in Linq as below but orderby does not work well. it orders like this

1 – 2 – 3 – 25 – 11 – 30 – 50 ===> 1 – 11 – 2 – 25 – 3 – 30 – 50

   IQueryable<Tbl_Melk> Melks =
   from melk in Tbl_Melk
   where melk.Mantaghe == Mantaghe && melk.Hoze == Hoze && melk.Block == Block
   orderby melk.Melk
   select melk;

Answer 1

What says Maurice is right, You may try this:

var Melks = from melk in Tbl_Melk.ToList()
let integer = int.Parse(melk)
orderby integer
where melk.Mantaghe == Mantaghe && melk.Hoze == Hoze && melk.Block == Block
orderby melk.Melk
select melk;

But with that you are losing performance and the IQuerable interface.