title: Problem with Oracle/SQL ORDER BY Statement
body: <p>i have the following content inside an varchar2 column:</p>
  
  <pre><code>   10.1.2.3
     10.2.3.4
     8.3.4.1
     8.3.2.1
     4.2.1.3
     4.3.2.1
     9.3.1.2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When i query the database i need an result ordered:</p>
  
  <pre><code>4....
  8....
  9....
  10...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the NLS_SORT parameter is set to german, an simple "<code>order by COLUMN DESC/ASC</code>" is not working like excepted. It returns</p>
  
  <pre><code>10.....
  8......
  9......
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>any suggestions?</p>