ORDER BY alphabet first then follow by number

Question

I looking for some tweak in mysql ordering , I normally select record from table and then order the record by Name(varchar) ASC but the number is always come first

here some example of my question (note. mysql sort the record with 0-9 first)

SELECT name FROM list ORDER BY name ASC
record returned:
1 star
2 star
9 slice
Ape
Age
Beg
Bell
Fish
Zoo

What i want is the alphabet order come first then follow by number

Desired output

Ape
Age
Beg
Bell
Fish
Zoo
1 star
2 star
9 slice

Answer 1

Use the following ORDER BY clause:

ORDER BY IF(name RLIKE '^[a-z]', 1, 2), name

Answer 2

Ref this

SELECT name FROM list ORDER BY name * 1 ASC

Edited

SELECT name FROM list ORDER BY name * 1, name ASC

Answer 3

You can try something like this:

SELECT 
    name 
FROM 
    list 
ORDER BY 
    IF(name REGEXP '^[0-9]', CONCAT('zz',name),name) ASC

So if your name start with a digit you concatenate 'zz' in the beginning (so that it will be last)

Answer 4

Try this..

It simple one to get your answer

SELECT name  from list ORDER BY (name +0) ASC ,name ASC