How do I sort a VARCHAR column in SQL server that contains numbers?

Question

I have a VARCHAR column in a SQL Server 2000 database that can contain either letters or numbers. It depends on how the application is configured o

Answer 1

This seems to work:

select your_column  
from your_table  
order by   
case when isnumeric(your_column) = 1 then your_column else 999999999 end,  
your_column