I created a table called "billy". mysql> SELECT * FROM billy ORDER BY f1; +----------+-------+ | f1 | f2 | +----------+-------+ | soho10 | test5 | | soho12 | test1 | | soho123 | test2 | | soho1234 | test4 | | soho222 | test3 | +----------+-------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) which ...