Question

I have ONE table A and if the parameters @x is 0 i want to ordering A by date, else by Name.
This is an example:

declare @x int set @x = 0
if(@x=0)(
SELECT *  FROM A
order by DATE
)
else
(
SELECT *  FROM A
order by Name
)

When try to do it SQL Server return 2 egual error as

Incorrect syntax near the keyword ‘order’.

What could i do?

Answer 1

declare @x int set @x = 0 
if(@x=0)
begin 
 SELECT *  FROM A 
 order by DATE 
end
else 
begin
 SELECT *  FROM A 
 order by Name 
end