Sort on Characteristic with numbers

Hi,
I wish to sort on a characteristic in BEx when the field is a number, in numerical order, and when a character, in character order. EG., for Size we could have shoe sizes and shirt sizes respectively; 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5...10, 10.5, etc. and S, M, L, XL etc. Sort comes back this way;
1
10
10.5
1.5
2
2.5
L
M
S
XL
Values above are both Key and Text. I realize I cannot get the S, M, L, XL lined up correctly, but what about the number value? Is there a function I could use for this?
Kind Regards,
Alex

Hi Alex,
One way to command this could be to create an attr for Size and put the order into that char, I mean the attr. Then in the query designer, in the Size properties, set the sorting according to this attr.
So you can have
SIZE____ATTR
1_______1
1.5_______2
2_________3
and so on.
Hope this helps...

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