order by a parameter

Question

Hi i have a store procedure, where i do a select query. I want order this by an external parameter.

I post an minimal example:

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo]         


        

Answer 1

Another option is to use an expression for the column that you want to sort by.

DECLARE @OrderBy INT

SET @OrderBy = 4

SELECT     *
FROM         MySourceTable
ORDER BY COL_NAME(OBJECT_ID('MySourceTable'), @OrderBy )

It is usually better to avoid dynamic sql if you can.