Order by last 2 numbers in varchar colum Oracle
I created a query that returns a list of tools by tool station number. I need to order the results a few different ways:
If tool_station_num is 3 or 4 characters I need the last 2 characters
If tool_station_num is 2 characters I need the last 1 character
Below is are 2 examples of the the tools that I get from my query and the output I am looking for.
Query outputs tools like this
T134
T141
T201
T237
T333
T340
T342
T351
need to sort like this
T201
T333
T134
T237
T340
T141
T342
T351
Another example from query
T10
T11
T2
T31
T33
T40
T42
T48
T55
T66
T68
T69
T7
T91
T92
T93
desired output
T2
T7
T10
T11
T31
T33
T40
T42
T48
T55
T66
T68
T69
T91
T92
T93
If tool_station_num is 3 or 4 characters I need the last 2 characters
If tool_station_num is 2 characters I need the last 1 character
Below is are 2 examples of the the tools that I get from my query and the output I am looking for.
Query outputs tools like this
T134
T141
T201
T237
T333
T340
T342
T351
need to sort like this
T201
T333
T134
T237
T340
T141
T342
T351
Another example from query
T10
T11
T2
T31
T33
T40
T42
T48
T55
T66
T68
T69
T7
T91
T92
T93
desired output
T2
T7
T10
T11
T31
T33
T40
T42
T48
T55
T66
T68
T69
T91
T92
T93
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This database is Oracle 9i, I was having problems with the first one, but the second one seems to be working fine. Thanks for the fast response!
order by to_number(regexp_substr( tool_station_num,'[0-9]{1,