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 hate this, but this will work

order by lpad(name, 10, 0)  <-- assuming maximum string length is 10
                            <-- you can adjust to a bigger length if you want to