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9.2

Using ORDER BY with DISTINCT gives error

Asked by saoirse1916 in MS SQL Server

Tags: sql server, order by, distinct, stored procedure

I've got a stored procedure that's giving me an error and I'm at a bit of a loss.  The error that I'm getting is "ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if SELECT DISTINCT is specified."  I've triple-checked and unless I'm losing my eyesight, every item in my order by list is also in my select list.  Can someone point me in the right direction?  Thanks in advance! 
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CREATE PROCEDURE sproc_paged_contracts
	(
	@Page int,
	@RecsPerPage int,
	@OrderBy varchar(10),
	@SortOrder varchar(10),
	@UserID int
	)
AS
 
SET NOCOUNT ON
 
CREATE TABLE #TempContracts
(
	ID int IDENTITY,
	contractID int,
	contractTitle varchar(250),
	contractTypeDesc varchar(250),
	vendorCoName varchar(250),
	contractExpDate datetime,
	contractURL varchar(250),
	contractTypeIsAsset tinyint,
	contractTypeIsBldg tinyint
)
 
INSERT INTO #TempContracts (contractID, contractTitle, contractTypeDesc, vendorCoName, contractExpDate, contractURL, contractTypeIsAsset, contractTypeIsBldg)
	SELECT DISTINCT tblContracts.contractID, contractTitle, contractTypeDesc, vendorCoName, contractExpDate, contractURL, contractTypeIsAsset, contractTypeIsBldg
	FROM tblContracts
	JOIN tblContractType ON tblContracts.contractTypeID = tblContractType.contractTypeID
	JOIN tblVendors ON tblContracts.vendorID = tblVendors.vendorID
	JOIN tblContractLink ON tblContracts.contractID = tblContractLink.contractID
	JOIN tblTeamMember ON tblContractLink.coID = tblTeamMember.coID AND tblTeamMember.userID = @UserID
	ORDER BY
		CASE @SortOrder
			WHEN 'az' THEN
			CASE @OrderBy
				WHEN 'title' THEN contractTitle
				WHEN 'type' THEN contractTypeDesc
				WHEN 'vendor' THEN vendorCoName
				END
			END
			ASC,
		CASE @SortOrder
			WHEN 'az' THEN
			CASE @OrderBy
				WHEN 'exp' THEN contractExpDate
				END
			END
			ASC,
		CASE @SortOrder
			WHEN 'az' THEN
			CASE @OrderBy
				WHEN 'asset' THEN contractTypeIsAsset
				WHEN 'bldg' THEN contractTypeIsBldg
				END
			END
			ASC,
		CASE @SortOrder
			WHEN 'za' THEN
			CASE @OrderBy
				WHEN 'title' THEN contractTitle
				WHEN 'type' THEN contractTypeDesc
				WHEN 'vendor' THEN vendorCoName
				END
			END
			DESC,
		CASE @SortOrder
			WHEN 'za' THEN
			CASE @OrderBy
				WHEN 'exp' THEN contractExpDate
				END
			END
			DESC,
		CASE @SortOrder
			WHEN 'za' THEN
			CASE @OrderBy
				WHEN 'asset' THEN contractTypeIsAsset
				WHEN 'bldg' THEN contractTypeIsBldg
				END
			END
			DESC
 
DECLARE @FirstRec int, @LastRec int
SELECT @FirstRec = (@Page - 1) * @RecsPerPage
SELECT @LastRec = (@Page * @RecsPerPage + 1)
 
SELECT *,
       MoreRecords = 
	(
	 SELECT COUNT(*) 
	 FROM #TempContracts TC
	 WHERE TC.ID >= @LastRec
	) 
FROM #TempContracts
WHERE ID > @FirstRec AND ID < @LastRec
 
SET NOCOUNT OFF
GO
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