Order by...

[Lucifix]

I have tried to order this numbers with function order by desc:

4.3
3.5
16.4
20.4

I get this resoults:
4.3
3.5
20.4

Which is wrong! Please tell me how to do this on right way.

[devinemke]

what is the data type of the field you are trying ot order by?

[Lucifix]

varchar(255)

Should I use tinytin?

[devinemke]

Originally posted by Lucifix
varchar(255)

that's the problem. those values are simply strings, not numbers.

Originally posted by Lucifix
Should I use tinytin?

no, you should DECIMAL or NUMERIC, or one of the approximate numeric data types (FLOAT, REAL, and DOUBLE PRECISION) depending on how much decimal precesion you need. i'm assuming you are using mySQL? if so read up on mySQL Numeric Types.

[Lucifix]

I tried decimal, but then I get insted of number 4.1 only 4.

I looked for NUMERAL but I couldn't find it.