Specify a maxrows attribute in your CFQUERY call and sort by date
descending:
<cfquery name="myName" datasource="myDSN" maxrows=5 dbtype="ODBC">
SELECT ....
FROM ..
WHERE ..
ORDER BY submittedDateTime DESC
</cfquery>
Tom Nunamaker
Jeffrey Cohen wrote:
>
> Greetings...
>
> What is the best method for reading ONLY the last five records in a
> database for display?
>
> I have a client that adds articles daily to a news database, and then
> displays them on a news page. There are hundreds of articles, and on his
> home page he just wants to display the 5 most recent. (which would be
> the last five in the database, I presume....)
>
> Suggetstions???
>
> and thanks as always for your help in advance...
>
> Jeffrey Cohen
> ImageWorks
>
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