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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T15:45:29+00:00 2026-05-10T15:45:29+00:00

I have mixed data i nvarchar column (words and numbers). Which is fastest way

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I have mixed data i nvarchar column (words and numbers). Which is fastest way to sort data in this column in Numeric Order.

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  1. 2026-05-10T15:45:29+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    Use this:

    ORDER BY     CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(column) = 1 THEN 0 ELSE 1 END,     CASE WHEN ISNUMERIC(column) = 1 THEN CAST(column AS INT) ELSE 0 END,     column 

    This works as expected.


    Note: You say fastest way. This sql was fast for me to produce, but the execution plan shows a table-scan, followed by a scalar computation. This could possibly produce a temporary result containing all the values of that column with some extra temporary columns for the ISNUMERIC results. It might not be fast to execute.

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