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

If you are using SQL Server 2008 or later, you can leverage the hierarchyID data type:

select * from @tblVersion
order by CAST('/'+REPLACE(VersionNumber,'.','/')+'/' as hierarchyID)