RE: Sorting "character" numbers

[Chris Bipes <rpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First of all, Why does the Replication Software change any data, i.e. strip
off leading zeros?  This seems to be the problem and I would go after that
then worry about alpha sorting using perhaps an alt collating sequence.

Christopher K. Bipes     mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Sr. Programmer/Analyst   mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
CrossCheck, Inc.         http://www.cross-check.com
6119 State Farm Drive    Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
Rohnert Park CA  94928 Fax: 707 586-1884

If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, only geniuses work here.
Karen Herbelin - Readers Digest 3/2000


-----Original Message-----
From: Stone, Brad V (TC) [mailto:bvstone@taylorcorp.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 11:52 AM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: Sorting "character" numbers

Anyhow, the plants that use numeric numbers get the number stripped of
leading zeros (this is done automatically by the replication tool we use).
So, it makes the number sort all funky.  (ie 900 is greater than 1101.)

Brad
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