Trouble sorting numbers in a mysql database *Resolved*

[DarkHorizon]

I have a database containing products, each has a price.

i want to be able to sort the database by price, high to low or low to high.


$query = "SELECT * FROM $table order by price asc LIMIT $limitvalue, $limit";

$limitvalue and $limit are pagination variables which work okay

the table gets sorted by price okay but i get:

1.50
17.00
19.50
2.00
22.00
234.00
3.19

you can see whats happening, wbut why? and how can i fix it display the correct ascending order.

[AndyB]

Why does it sort like that? Because you are storing the prices as strings not numbers and that sort is correct for strings. Change your field type to something like FLOAT(6,2) instead of VARCHAR or whatever you're using.

[DarkHorizon]

blimey, simple as that eh?

i've been waving my fist at the computer Basil Fawlty style...and swearing..

well, its a good job you is a moderators and i aint.

cheers buddy.

edit: Just tried it, it worked....prob resolved!