Depends on the functions that you've got access to the the db (Access will probably be tougher than MySQL) but you could do something like
SELECT menus.* FROM menus WHERE menuId=( WEEK(NOW()) MOD 5 ) + 1 of course this assumes you've got menu's with menuId 1,2,3,4,5. The functions of course vary db to db, but you're pulling the week number (1 to 53 because of partial weeks) for the current day, dividing by 5, and taking the remainder. You might have to tweak a little to get it in sync with which menu is first. Might be a little weird around the end/beginning of the year depending on how your weekly menu changes. Check the functions in your db to make sure you've got WEEK and NOW, but most (T-SQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc) should be fine. Regards, John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kennerly, Rick H CIV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:43 AM Subject: 5 week rotation > Seems like someone did this sometime in the recent past, but I couldn't find > it in the archives. > > I have 5 fixed-text items in a database that need to rotate display on a > weekly basis, rotating weekly on Monday (week one: item one; week two, item > two). Obviously the purpose of having 5 items is so that the same piece is > not displayed on the same week of the month every month (they rotate forward > one week each month). It's not an ad, it's a lunch menu. I can't work out > an query that will work. > > Any elegant query ideas? Okay, any ideas at all? > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
