Magento Sort Attribute by Decimal not Alphanumerically

Question

So I\'ve Googled like crazy to try and find a solution to this problem that actually works properly but have come up empty handed.

When using the Sort By function on a

Answer 1

For default sort order:

        // Start of Code to force Magento to numerically sort decimal attributes rather than alphabetically
        $filterAttribute = Mage::getBlockSingleton('catalog/product_list_toolbar')->getCurrentOrder();
        //$filterAttribute = $this->getRequest()->getParam('order');
        $filterAttributeDir = Mage::getBlockSingleton('catalog/product_list_toolbar')->getCurrentDirection();
        //$filterAttributeDir = $this->getRequest()->getParam('dir');