Question

I need to sort on column’s partial value.

For example, I’ve a table employee with columns(Code, Name). Format of the value of Code column is DEPT:SR_NO.

I need to sort the Code column’s SR_NO value only.

The above scenario is just for example of the real time scenario.

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Answer 1

SELECT  SUBSTRING_INDEX(code, ':', 1) AS dept
        SUBSTRING_INDEX(code, ':', -1) AS sr_no
FROM    mytable
ORDER BY
        sr_no