MySQL 'Order By' - sorting alphanumeric correctly

Question

I want to sort the following data items in the order they are presented below (numbers 1-12):

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

However, my query - using

Answer 1

I know this post is closed but I think my way could help some people. So there it is :

My dataset is very similar but is a bit more complex. It has numbers, alphanumeric data :

1
2
Chair 
3
0
4
5
-
Table
10
13
19
Windows
99
102
Dog

I would like to have the '-' symbol at first, then the numbers, then the text.

So I go like this :

SELECT name, (name = '-') boolDash, (name = '0') boolZero, (name+0 > 0) boolNum 
FROM table 
ORDER BY boolDash DESC, boolZero DESC, boolNum DESC, (name+0), name

The result should be something :

-
0    
1
2
3
4
5
10
13
99
102
Chair
Dog
Table
Windows

The whole idea is doing some simple check into the SELECT and sorting with the result.