Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread joseph harris
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Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread r937
Ugh - After I started looking at this I realized that it's an Access DB - not SQL Server (which I'm used to working with). I'm guessing that might be the difference? in general, you cannot use the same SQL in different database systems in particular, you can almost never use the same SQL in

RE: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread Todd Richards
PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP > Here is the original - "SELECT * FROM events ORDER BY StartDate" > > Without anything, I will get 10 events listed on the page. If I try > "SELECT TOP 5 * FROM events ORDER BY StartDate", > the

RE: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread Todd Richards
09 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP > Yeah, I do have an ORDER BY. Maybe I don't have it in the right place? if it isn't at the end, you'd get a syntax error could you perhaps show us the entire query? or did i miss it already? rudy .

Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread r937
Here is the original - "SELECT * FROM events ORDER BY StartDate" Without anything, I will get 10 events listed on the page. If I try "SELECT TOP 5 * FROM events ORDER BY StartDate", then I only get the first 2 events. quite frankly, i just do not believe that try running it in Query Analyzer

Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread r937
Yeah, I do have an ORDER BY. Maybe I don't have it in the right place? if it isn't at the end, you'd get a syntax error could you perhaps show us the entire query? or did i miss it already? rudy • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto

RE: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread Todd Richards
Yeah, I do have an ORDER BY. Maybe I don't have it in the right place? Todd -Original Message- From: r937 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 12:50 PM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP > I also tried using "T

Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread r937
I also tried using "Top", and that doesn't produce the right results ("select top 5 * from table...") this is, indeed, what you use for SQL Server do you have an ORDER BY clause? rudy http://r937.com/ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: ma

Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread r937
Anything that does SQL should be able to handle the LIMIT clause - even MS SQL Server. Just stick it on the end of your query and job done :) in a word, no ;o) • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web inte

Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread David Precious
On 06/06/2008 05:15 PM, Todd Richards wrote: > Hmm, it's throwing an error on me about a missing operator. I've got my > statement as > > SQL = "SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY StartDate LIMIT 5" > > Does that look right? > It looks right to me, but a quick Google suggests that MS SQL doesn't s

RE: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread Todd Richards
* from table...") Todd -Original Message- From: David Precious [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 11:04 AM To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP On 06/06/2008 04:54 PM, Todd Richards wrote: > Yes, it's coming from a MS SQL

Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread David Precious
On 06/06/2008 04:54 PM, Todd Richards wrote: > Yes, it's coming from a MS SQL Server 2000 DB, and I'm using ASP to pull the > data. Does that offer the "limit", or is that just a MySQL feature? Anything that does SQL should be able to handle the LIMIT clause - even MS SQL Server. Just stick it o

RE: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread Todd Richards
ltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP On 06/05/2008 11:36 PM, Todd Richards wrote: > Hey Everyone - > > I'm having a brain lapse here and can't figure out the "right" way to do > this. On a home page, I have "Upcoming Events"

Re: [wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-06 Thread David Precious
On 06/05/2008 11:36 PM, Todd Richards wrote: > Hey Everyone - > > I'm having a brain lapse here and can't figure out the "right" way to do > this. On a home page, I have "Upcoming Events" with a box floating to the > right that will show the next 5 events. I was trying to use "rs.pagesize = > 5

[wdvltalk] Limited Records - ASP

2008-06-05 Thread Todd Richards
Hey Everyone - I'm having a brain lapse here and can't figure out the "right" way to do this. On a home page, I have "Upcoming Events" with a box floating to the right that will show the next 5 events. I was trying to use "rs.pagesize = 5" but for some reason it's not working (although it is in