Comments on: The SELECT item identified by the ORDER BY number %d contains a variable as part of the expression identifying a column position. Variables are only allowed when ordering by an expression referencing a column name. http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2009/select-item-contains-variable-as-part-of-expression/ SQL Server Performance Tuning Fri, 17 May 2013 13:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: FArhad http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2009/select-item-contains-variable-as-part-of-expression/#comment-621 FArhad Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:39:03 +0000 http://www.sql-server-performance.com/?=1739#comment-621 DECLARE @orderCol varchar(50)
set @orderCol=’dep_Name’
select * from Department_Table order by CONVERT(varchar(20), @orderCol)

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