https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/data/27874/is-it-possible-to-change-from-a-varchar-to-an-integer-of-data-from-a-databaseWell the problem I have is like this, the first is that I do not have access to the database, and the main problem is, I get from this database, data, it turns out that when I get a column with values, they do not respect the numerical order, for example;en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/108445?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Feb 2023 10:37:44 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:282f5483-cf80-487e-a436-546f7bd396a2kavitar5580<p>Hi I tried with record type you can use like this...</p> <p><img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/16/pastedimage1677235074120v1.png" alt=" " /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/108443?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Feb 2023 09:47:17 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:b55e2cba-7246-430e-9a26-2c7b70a0f985aditya007<p>Add a custom record type field and cast this field data as integer. Hope this will works.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/108436?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:23:45 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:e78aa9b2-9e3b-4209-88d3-63b75fed7a7eStefan Helzle<p>When referring to &quot;an error&quot;, it is always a good idea to include that error message.</p> <p>You would also want to sort the data in the DB, before it is transferred to Appian. Changing the field type in Appian will not really help here. Fetching all data into Appian and sorting it in memory is a bad idea.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/108434?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:02:59 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:c7c2e024-3b00-44ea-8bc8-c2f962f77efdHarshit Bumb (Appyzie)<p>Can you maybe add a screenshot of the datasubset you are getting from the DB? I want to see if these values are in a single field or they come as a list.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>