The ORDER BY clause is invalid in views, inline functions, derived tables, subqueries, and common table expressions, unless TOP, OFFSET or FOR XML is also specified.

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The ORDER BY clause is invalid in views, inline functions, derived tables, subqueries, and common table expressions, unless TOP, OFFSET or FOR XML is also specified.

i get the error can you help me?

Answer 1

Hi @Rabia Kurnaz
As experts answered, just remove the ORDER BY clause in views, inline functions, derived tables, subqueries, and common table expressions.
Or, as the error message said, specify TOP like this: SELECT TOP (100) PERCENT ... FROM ... ORDER BY column or OFFSET like this: ORDER BY column DESC OFFSET 0 ROWS. However, both seems meaningless to me.

Best regards,
Li Hong

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Answer 2

Try removing the ORDER BY that generate the error, or show details to reproduce or ilustrate the problem.

Answer 3

i get the error can you help me?

And now we have to guess the SQL Statement you run? We can not. Please post it or simply do what the message say: Remove the ORDER BY clause.

Answer 4

If you really need the order by in your view (consider impact on performances!), you can add the 'TOP 100 PERCENT' to your view definition