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SQL Server order by

Asked by lrbrister in SQL Server 2005

I have a SP that I want to pass in a variable to order vy in my attached select statement.
When I try and run the SP I'm getting the SQL error message below

Msg 1008, Level 16, State 1, Procedure SearchHomeSpecials2, Line 25
The SELECT item identified by the ORDER BY number 1 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.
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ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[SearchHomeSpecials2]
 (
   --input parameters
     @resort varchar(255),
     @month varchar(50),
     @special int,
     @sort varchar(50)
 )
 
AS
 
If @resort = '' Set @resort = Null
if @month = '' Set @month = Null
If @special='' Set @special=Null
If @sort='' Set @sort='a.checkindate, price'
 
Select month(checkindate), * from tblSpecials a 
where	a.resort = coalesce(@resort,a.resort) and
month(a.checkindate) = coalesce(@month,month(a.checkindate))  
and checkindate > getdate() and resortSpec = coalesce(@special, a.resortSpec)
order by @sort
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