Help for order by clause

Question

Hi ,
i have a below table with data , when i run my select with order by option its gives me
1     Card
as a first row but i need this
12     atm
as a first row ,how this is possible .
create table test
(ID number ,
val varchar2(20)
insert into test values (1,'Card')
insert into test values (2,'Card')
insert into test values (3,'Card')
insert into test values (4,'Cash')
insert into test values (5,'Cash')
insert into test values (6,'Cash')
insert into test values (7,'Checque')
insert into test values (8,'Checque')
insert into test values (9,'Checque')
insert into test values (10,'atm')
insert into test values (11,'atm')
insert into test values (12,'atm')
select * from test
order by val asc

Answer 1

YOu can also use Nlssort like
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.1.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> select *
  2  from test
  3  order by nlssort(val, 'NLS_SORT = WEST_EUROPEAN_AI') asc, id desc
  4  /
        ID VAL
        12 atm
        11 atm
        10 atm
         3 Card
         2 Card
         1 Card
         6 Cash
         5 Cash
         4 Cash
         9 Checque
         8 Checque
        ID VAL
         7 Checque
12 rows selected.