(Not disagreeing with any ofthe above posts - just modulating the answer)

Just keep in mind that sorting at the client should be restricted to SMALL datasets, especially if the sorting is used in combination with a Top x predicate. Anything over a certain size will likely result in a LARGE amount of "unneeded data" being sent to the client, in turn resulting in a large effort on its side, resulting only in a large amount of the transmitted data being tossed by the client.