• Could you do something like this?

    IF object_id('s_sumar_s') IS NOT NULL

    BEGIN

    DROP TABLE s_sumar_s;

    END;

    CREATE TABLE s_sumar_s (

    ID INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,

    faux_number VARCHAR(116) CONSTRAINT CK_faux_number CHECK (RIGHT('00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'+faux_number,116) LIKE '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'),

    useful_faux_number AS RIGHT('00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'+faux_number,116)

    );

    Then use "useful_faux_number" to sort, e.g.

    INSERT INTO s_sumar_s(faux_number)

    SELECT '1267'

    UNION ALL SELECT '231'

    UNION ALL SELECT '428973681279460182436';

    SELECT * FROM s_sumar_s ORDER BY useful_faux_number ASC;


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