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 had some good results with

SELECT alphanumeric, integer FROM sorting_test ORDER BY CAST(alphanumeric AS UNSIGNED), alphanumeric ASC