http://jasongraphix.com/journal/sorting-time-strings/ A journal of art, thoughts, and projects by Jason Beaird. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://jasongraphix.com/journal/sorting-time-strings/#comment-1139 Brian Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:02:59 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/sorting-time-strings/#comment-1139 Is the data in the db as a time? If not, cast to time and then order by. Nathan sent you down the right track. It defineately would help if the data were in the right format to begin with. Is the data in the db as a time?
If not, cast to time and then order by. Nathan sent you down the right track. It defineately would help if the data were in the right format to begin with.

]]> http://jasongraphix.com/journal/sorting-time-strings/#comment-1138 Jason Beaird Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:58:05 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/sorting-time-strings/#comment-1138 Thanks to a tip from Nathan, I was able to reduce the ORDER BY Clause down to: "ORDER BY SUBSTRING(reservation_time, -2), CAST(reservation_time AS TIME)". Duh. Thanks to a tip from Nathan, I was able to reduce the ORDER BY Clause down to: “ORDER BY SUBSTRING(reservation_time, -2), CAST(reservation_time AS TIME)”. Duh.

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