Query impaginata utilizzando l'ordinamento su colonne diverse utilizzando ROW_NUMBER() OVER () in SQL Server 2005

Semplice:

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

Questo ordinerà su NULL (DESC) se è selezionato l'ordine ASC, o viceversa.

Lascia che la funzione ROW_NUMBER() funzioni sulla stessa espressione ORDER BY.