the maxrows worked too. wasn't sure i could have a cfif in the cfquery tag though.
>Very interesting. I'm curious how maxrows="1" in the cfquery tag would >have behaved. > >~Brad > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mike Little [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 6:52 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Selecting top row in access db > >how about that - adding an additional column to the order by clause >fixed it! > >thanks heaps adrian. > >>Have a read of this: >> >>http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22-5035113.html >> >>Might explain things. >> >>Adrian >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283503 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4