Orderby() not ordering numbers correctly c#

Question

I am writing an app for my company and am currently working on the search functionality. When a user searches for an item, I want to display the highest version (which is stored in a database).

The problem is, the version is stored as a string instead of int, and when I do an OrderBy(q=>q.Version) on the results, they are returned like

1
10
11
2
3
...

Obviously 2 comes before 10.

Is there a way for me to cast the version as an integer or is there a simple IComparer out there? I couldn't find anything substantial thus far.

I tried doing this:

var items = (from r in results
             select r).OrderBy(q => Int32.Parse(q.Version));

This compiles but doesn't work.

Answer 1

Int32.Parse is not supported by the LinqToSql translator. Convert.ToInt32 is supported.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sf1aw27b.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb882655.aspx