Version number sorting in Sql Server

Question

I have a table that stores the versions as under

Declare @tblVersion table(VersionNumber varchar(100))
 Insert into @tblVersion Values(\'1.3.1\')
 Insert int         


        

Answer 1

Implementation of Brain's Solution

Declare @tblVersion table(VersionNumber varchar(100)) 
 Insert into @tblVersion Values('1.3.1') 
 Insert into @tblVersion Values('1.3.2.5') 
 Insert into @tblVersion Values('1.4.1.7.12') 
 Insert into @tblVersion Values('1.4.11.14.7') 
 Insert into @tblVersion Values('1.4.3.109.1') 
 Insert into @tblVersion Values('1.4.8.66') 

 --Select * From @tblVersion 

 ;With CTE AS
 (
    Select 
        Rn = Row_Number() Over(Order By (Select 1))
        ,VersionNumber
    From @tblVersion
)
,CTESplit AS
(
    SELECT 
            F1.Rn,
            F1.VersionNumber,
            VersionSort = 
                            Case 
                                    When Len(O.VersionSort) = 1 Then '000' + O.VersionSort
                                    When Len(O.VersionSort) = 2 Then '00' + O.VersionSort
                                    When Len(O.VersionSort) = 3 Then '0' + O.VersionSort
                                    When Len(O.VersionSort) = 4 Then O.VersionSort
                            End

    FROM
    (
        SELECT *,
        cast(''+replace(F.VersionNumber,'.','')+'' as XML) as xmlfilter from CTE F
    )F1
 CROSS APPLY
 ( 
    SELECT fdata.D.value('.','varchar(50)') as VersionSort  
    FROM f1.xmlfilter.nodes('X') as fdata(D)) O
 )
 ,CTE3 As(
Select 
        --Rn 
        --,
        VersionNumber
        ,SortableVersion = 
                            Stuff(
                                    (Select '.' + Cast(VersionSort As Varchar(100))
                             From CTESplit c2
                             Where c2.Rn = c1.Rn
                             For Xml Path('')),1,1,'')
From CTESplit c1
Group By c1.Rn,c1.VersionNumber
)
Select VersionNumber
From CTE3
Order By SortableVersion