How to treat MySQL longtext as integer in MySQL query?
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable
-> (
-> Value longtext
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.94 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('778437437447488487476464644433334');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('9998888485775775757577578585');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('8888874757757757757757575675656');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('988757757574646');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select * from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-----------------------------------+
| Value |
+-----------------------------------+
| 778437437447488487476464644433334 |
| 9998888485775775757577578585 |
| 8888874757757757757757575675656 |
| 988757757574646 |
+-----------------------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to treat MySQL longtext as integer in query −
mysql> select * from DemoTable
-> order by Value+0;
This will produce the following output −
+-----------------------------------+
| Value |
+-----------------------------------+
| 988757757574646 |
| 9998888485775775757577578585 |
| 8888874757757757757757575675656 |
| 778437437447488487476464644433334 |
+-----------------------------------+
4 rows in set (0.03 sec)
Published on 18-Dec-2019 11:09:21
