Hi,

I have a table that contains approx 2000 rows where a timestamp is the
primary key. I want to search between two dates and return the results
order by the timestamp in descending order. The problem arises as I
only want to return a maximum of 50 results starting with the oldest.
E.g. if I search between 28/02/06 and 01/02/06 and this contains over
50 results I want to return the first 50 starting from the 01/02/06 but
ordered by descending i.e the newest date at the top. I have tried to
generate the sql without much success. Any help would be much
appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Simon

Try:

select top 50
*
from
MyTable
order by
MyCol desc

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Hi,

I have a table that contains approx 2000 rows where a timestamp is the
primary key. I want to search between two dates and return the results
order by the timestamp in descending order. The problem arises as I
only want to return a maximum of 50 results starting with the oldest.
E.g. if I search between 28/02/06 and 01/02/06 and this contains over
50 results I want to return the first 50 starting from the 01/02/06 but
ordered by descending i.e the newest date at the top. I have tried to
generate the sql without much success. Any help would be much
appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Simon

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Hi Simon,

If I understand you correctly, then you need someting like

SELECT Col1, Col2, ..., DateStamp
FROM (SELECT TOP 50 Col1, Col2, ..., DateStamp
FROM YourTable
WHERE DateStamp >= '20060201'
AND DateStamp < '20060301'
ORDER BY DateStamp) AS Der
ORDER BY DateStamp DESC

(untested - see www.aspfaq.com/5006 if you prefer a tested reply)

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