SQL: ORDER BY using a substring within a specific column… possible?

Question

I have a database whose columns are npID, title, URL, and issue.

Here is an example of two years\' entries:

npID               title               UR         


        

Answer 1

Here's a variation of the same theme

ORDER BY
    SUBSTRING(issue,1,4) Desc,

CASE SUBSTRING(issue,6, LEN(issue) - 5)
   WHEN 'First_Quarter' THEN 1
   WHEN 'Second_Quarter' THEN 2
   WHEN 'Second_Quarter' THEN 3
   WHEN 'Winter' then 1
   WHEN 'Spring' then 2
   WHEN 'Summer' then 3
   WHEN 'Fall' then 4
END