Question

I want to find the max value in a column.

Column values are,
E00004,
A00005,
B00011,
H-00001,
E2100112,
EFQ20098,
ESSF20003

I just want to sort the values by their number, Dont mind about the alphabets. It have to be like this, I’m using MYSQL

E2100112,
ESSF20003,
EFQ20098,
B00011,
A00005,
E00004,
H-00001

Answer 1

Assuming the last 5 digits are the number:

select columnName from tableName
order by convert(int, right(columnName, 5)) desc

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As @IkeWalker stated, the number can have an arbitrary size.
For it, you’ll have to use a while cycle to check the number.

Or, you can have a function do that for you!

Check this article!