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bandi
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Posted - 03/13/2013 :  09:24:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,

I have one stored procedure...
I have to sort result set by input parameter @SortColumn

CREATE PROC testProc( @SortColumn VARCHAR(60)) -- ColumnName + ASC/DESC
AS
BEGIN
SELECT * FROM TableName ORDER BY @sortColumn -- Is it possible without dynamic query
END

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visakh16
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Posted - 03/13/2013 :  10:08:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
nope you cant pass the columnname and sort order unless you use dynamical sql. columnname alone you can pass but direction has to static.

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Lamprey
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Posted - 03/13/2013 :  12:15:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Kinda sorta.. You can make use of CASE expressions to do a "dynamic" sort. But, not quite to the level of just sorting on the variable itself. For example:
ORDER BY
	CASE
		WHEN @SortColumn = 'CustomerName' AND @SortDir = 'ASC' 
			THEN CustomerName 
	END ASC, 
	CASE 
		WHEN @SortColumn = 'CustomerName' AND @SortDir = 'DESC' 
			THEN CustomerName 
	END DESC,
	...
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bandi
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Posted - 03/14/2013 :  00:09:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
yes.. i have already done like Lamprey's method... but the problem is i have column names of types varchar(250), datetime2, bigint. Thats why casted all columns to VARCHAR(250)...

The sorting order for Bigint will vary... right? What is the fix for this problem?


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