SQL Server 2008 - order by strings with number numerically

Question

I have following values in my table:

ABC
ABC1
ABC2
ABC3 and so on...

ABC11
ABC12
ABC13 and so on..

ABC20
ABC21
ABC22 and so on..

So basic

Answer 1

In order by statement, prepend enough zeros with when value contains any number in it to make all alphanumerica value same length

SELECT ColName
FROM TableName
ORDER BY 
 CASE WHEN ColName like '%[0-9]%' 
 THEN Replicate('0', 100 - Len(ColName)) + ColName
 ELSE ColName  END