From 3a9668fe6cc074e399a7039fa034160c8f4a2547 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Bygrave <robin.bygrave@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 19:30:57 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] #375 - javax.persistence.PersistenceException: Query threw
 SQLException:Incorrect syntax near the keyword distinct

---
 .../ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2005SqlLimiter.java     | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2005SqlLimiter.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2005SqlLimiter.java
index e1c7411f6..d069d13f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2005SqlLimiter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2005SqlLimiter.java
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ public class MsSqlServer2005SqlLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
 
     if (firstRow < 1) {
       // just use top n
-      sb.append(" select top ").append(lastRow).append(" ");
+      sb.append(" select ");
       if (request.isDistinct()) {
         sb.append("distinct ");
       }
+      sb.append(" top ").append(lastRow).append(" ");
       sb.append(request.getDbSql());
       return new SqlLimitResponse(sb.toString(), false);
     }