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REGEX in an Order By clause

REGEX in an Order By clause

2004-03-14       - By Ed Reed

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How do I use a REGEX expression in the Order By clause?

I have a column which contains data that looks like this,

A002C
A001
A1000C
B100AA
CAR
A023

I use a query like this that sorts everything but the occasional last
aphla character

Select field From table Order BY Left(1,field ). Right(field ,
LEN(field )-1);

I would like to add , field REGEXP "[[:alpha:]]$ " , to the end of my
Order By clause to handle this problem but its not working.

Any thoughts?

Thanks