ORDER BY on SQL Server

Question

I just switched a site from Access to SQL server. I have a
page that in
Access used a ORDER BY statement that referenced a
QueryString variable.
But when I try that on SQL Server, it's saying that it only
supports
variables that reference a column name (instead of a query
string). Is
there a work around to this or something else I can do to
make the results
sort by a QueryString instead of a db column name?
Brandon
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Answer 1

ORDER BY is always a column name, regardless. It's the nature
of SQL. Now,
if you have a database column name in your querystring, then
you can
certainly use it. For example;
http://www.mysite.com/details.asp?order=name
rsRecordset.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM MyTable ORDER BY"
Request.QueryString("order") & " ASC"
But keep in mind that the "order" parameter has to be a valid
database
column name, else it's going to throw an error about not
being able to find
the specified column. The above assumes that you have a
database column
called "name".
Hope that makes sense.
Best regards,
Chris