Paginated query using sorting on different columns using ROW_NUMBER() OVER () in SQL Server 2005

Question

Let\'s suppose I\'m using the Northwind database and I would like to run a query via a stored procedure that contains, among other parameters, the following:

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Answer 1

Simple:

SELECT
  OrderID, CustomerID, EmployeeID, OrderDate, ShippedDate,
  @Offset, @Limit, @SortColumn, @SortDirection
FROM
  Orders
WHERE
  ROW_NUMBER() OVER 
  (
    ORDER BY
      /* same expression as in the ORDER BY of the whole query */
  ) BETWEEN (@PageNum - 1) * @PageSize + 1 AND @PageNum * @PageSize 
  /* AND more conditions ... */
ORDER BY
  CASE WHEN @SortDirection = 'A' THEN
    CASE @SortColumn 
      WHEN 'OrderID'    THEN OrderID
      WHEN 'CustomerID' THEN CustomerID
      /* more... */
    END
  END,
  CASE WHEN @SortDirection = 'D' THEN
    CASE @SortColumn 
      WHEN 'OrderID'    THEN OrderID
      WHEN 'CustomerID' THEN CustomerID
      /* more... */
    END 
  END DESC

This will sort on NULL (DESC) if ASC order is selected, or vice versa.

Let the ROW_NUMBER() function work over the same ORDER BY expression.