SQL Error "The ORDER BY clause is invalid in views..."

Question

I have a SQL Server error I'm trying to resolve. Could someone please help me out?

The query is:

SELECT TOP 10 * 
FROM ( 
SELECT c.id, c.name, c.inserteddate, c.cityname, ftblstates.name AS statename, clc.name AS catname, '' AS listingimagelogo, '' AS orgname, relocateyn, '' AS employerclassified
FROM ((tblclassifieds c 
LEFT JOIN tblclassifiedscategories clc ON c.categoryid = clc.id) 
LEFT JOIN ftblstates ON c.stateid = ftblstates.id) 
WHERE (c.expirydate != '') AND NOT c.id IN ( 
SELECT TOP 10 tblclassifieds.id 
FROM tblclassifieds 
WHERE (c.expirydate != '') 
ORDER BY inserteddate desc) 
UNION ALL 
SELECT ce.id, ce.name, ce.inserteddate, suburb AS cityname, ftblstates.name AS statename, ce.jobtype AS catname, ce.listingimagelogo, ce.orgname, '' AS relocateyn, '1' AS employerclassified 
FROM tblclassifiedemployers ce 
LEFT JOIN ftblstates ON ce.stateid = ftblstates.id 
WHERE (ce.expirydate != '') AND NOT ce.id IN ( 
SELECT TOP 10 tblclassifiedemployers.id 
FROM tblclassifiedemployers 
WHERE (ce.expirydate != '') 
ORDER BY inserteddate desc) 
ORDER BY inserteddate desc; 

And the error:

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

Answer 1

If you are using SQL Server 2012 or higher version, please use "offset 0 rows" after order by. Ex -

create view Department_View
as
select Name from [HumanResources].[Department]
order by Name offset 0 rows

Answer 2

As stated ORDER BY must not apper in subqueries unless TOP or FOR XML is used.

    SELECT TOP 10 * FROM ( 
    SELECT 
        c.id, 
        c.name, 
        c.inserteddate, 
        c.cityname, 
        ftblstates.name AS statename, 
        clc.name AS catname, 
        '' AS listingimagelogo, 
        '' AS orgname, relocateyn, 
        '' AS employerclassified
    FROM tblclassifieds c 
    LEFT JOIN tblclassifiedscategories clc ON c.categoryid = clc.id
    LEFT JOIN ftblstates ON c.stateid = ftblstates.id 
    WHERE c.expirydate != ''
    AND NOT c.id IN ( 
        SELECT TOP 10 
            tblclassifieds.id 
        FROM tblclassifieds 
        WHERE c.expirydate != ''
        ORDER BY inserteddate desc 
    ) 
    UNION ALL
    SELECT 
        ce.id, 
        ce.name, 
        ce.inserteddate, 
        suburb AS cityname, 
        ftblstates.name AS statename, 
        ce.jobtype AS catname, 
        ce.listingimagelogo, 
        ce.orgname, '' AS relocateyn, 
        '1' AS employerclassified 
    FROM tblclassifiedemployers ce 
    LEFT JOIN ftblstates ON ce.stateid = ftblstates.id 
    WHERE ce.expirydate != ''
    AND NOT ce.id IN ( 
        SELECT TOP 10 
            tblclassifiedemployers.id 
        FROM tblclassifiedemployers 
        WHERE ce.expirydate != ''
        ORDER BY inserteddate desc
    )
) a ORDER BY inserteddate desc;