mySQL: Order by field size/length

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Published on 2010-04-03T17:50:47Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 17:53 UTC
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Here is a table structure (e.g. test):

 __________________________________________
| Field Name     | Data Type               |                 
|________________|_________________________|                 
|    id          |   BIGINT (20)           |                 
|________________|_________________________|                 
|    title       |   varchar(25)           |                 
|________________|_________________________|                 
|    description |   text                  |                 
|________________|_________________________|                 

A query like:

SELECT * FROM TEST ORDER BY description;

But I would like to order by the field size/length of the field description. The field type will be TEXT or BLOB.

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