This patch solves bug http://www.doctrine-project.org/jira/browse/DDC-2687

and takes inspiration from this PR https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/pull/374 which was written for this bug http://www.doctrine-project.org/jira/browse/DDC-2622

lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/SQLServerPlatform.php

@@ -852,14 +852,25 @@ class SQLServerPlatform extends AbstractPlatform
             }
         }
 
+        if (preg_match('/SELECT DISTINCT .* FROM \(.*\) dctrn_result/', $query)) {
+            $isWrapped = true;
+        } else {
+            $isWrapped = false;
+        }
+
         //Find alias for each colum used in ORDER BY
         if ( ! empty($orderbyColumns)) {
             foreach ($orderbyColumns as $column) {
 
+                if ($isWrapped) {
+                    $pattern    = sprintf('/%s\.%s\s+(AS\s+)?([^,\s\)]+)/i', $column['table'], $column['column']);
+                    $overColumn = preg_match($pattern, $query, $matches) ? $matches[2] : $column['column'];
+                } else {
                     $pattern    = sprintf('/%s\.(%s)\s*(AS)?\s*([^,\s\)]*)/i', $column['table'], $column['column']);
                     $overColumn = preg_match($pattern, $query, $matches)
                         ? ($column['hasTable'] ? $column['table']  . '.' : '') . $column['column']
                         : $column['column'];
+                }
 
                 if (isset($column['sort'])) {
                     $overColumn .= ' ' . $column['sort'];

tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/SQLServerPlatformTest.php

@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ class SQLServerPlatformTest extends AbstractPlatformTestCase
     {
         $sql = $this->_platform->modifyLimitQuery('SELECT * FROM (SELECT u.id as uid, u.name as uname ORDER BY u.name DESC) dctrn_result', 10);
         $this->assertEquals('SELECT * FROM (SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY u.name DESC) AS doctrine_rownum FROM (SELECT u.id as uid, u.name as uname) dctrn_result) AS doctrine_tbl WHERE doctrine_rownum BETWEEN 1 AND 10', $sql);
+
+        $sql = $this->_platform->modifyLimitQuery('SELECT * FROM (SELECT u.id, u.name ORDER BY u.name DESC) dctrn_result', 10);
+        $this->assertEquals('SELECT * FROM (SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY u.name DESC) AS doctrine_rownum FROM (SELECT u.id, u.name) dctrn_result) AS doctrine_tbl WHERE doctrine_rownum BETWEEN 1 AND 10', $sql);
     }
 
     public function testModifyLimitQueryWithSubSelectAndMultipleOrder()
@@ -214,6 +217,9 @@ class SQLServerPlatformTest extends AbstractPlatformTestCase
 
         $sql = $this->_platform->modifyLimitQuery('SELECT * FROM (SELECT u.id uid, u.name uname ORDER BY u.name DESC, id ASC) dctrn_result', 10, 5);
         $this->assertEquals('SELECT * FROM (SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY u.name DESC, id ASC) AS doctrine_rownum FROM (SELECT u.id uid, u.name uname) dctrn_result) AS doctrine_tbl WHERE doctrine_rownum BETWEEN 6 AND 15', $sql);
+
+        $sql = $this->_platform->modifyLimitQuery('SELECT * FROM (SELECT u.id, u.name ORDER BY u.name DESC, id ASC) dctrn_result', 10, 5);
+        $this->assertEquals('SELECT * FROM (SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY u.name DESC, id ASC) AS doctrine_rownum FROM (SELECT u.id, u.name) dctrn_result) AS doctrine_tbl WHERE doctrine_rownum BETWEEN 6 AND 15', $sql);
     }
 
     public function testModifyLimitQueryWithFromColumnNames()