Ambiguous column name error

Question

When executing the following (complete) SQL query on Microsoft SQL Server 2000:

SELECT B.ARTIFACTTNS, B.ARTIFACTNAME, B.ARTIFACTTYPE, B.INITIALBYTES, B.TIMES         


        

Answer 1

You need to specify the tables in the ORDER BY clause, like this:

ORDER BY A.ARTIFACTTYPE, A.ARTIFACTTNS, A.ARTIFACTNAME