I often need to sort a set or subset of records in a table in an arbitrary way and am confused about how to get the order I need using a separate sort field.
What I would like to do is sort like this:
Mysql, of course does this:
If I enter a zero before single digits, MYSQL inconveniently deletes it when inserting it into the table.
Any way I can get it to sort like we learned to count in kindergarten?
The only option I have found is to use letters, but then I run into the same problem if I am sorting more than 26 items.