From: Frank Morton <fmorton@base2inc.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: sort text field numerically
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 07:23:53 -0500
Message-ID: <020101c1fb42$3665f770$8455e5ce@edison> (raw)
References: <1713675304.1021384181@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net>
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I have a table with a column called "weight" that
is a text field, but in this case, contains float values,
such as ".8" or "0.25". Might also be null.
How can I sort them in numeric order instead of
textual order? Thanks.
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