how to retrive the data using asp

[sonasiva]

Dear all
iam new for ASP

I have data in database as like as follows

Name company shares date
A x 100 1/1/07
A x 200 5/1/07
A y 100 2/1/07
A y 500 5/1/07


I need to display as follows

Name company shares date
A x 200 5/1/07
A y 500 5/1/07

U can notice the latest updating for each name for all companies
This is the output I should show in my web page

[jhardman]

I need to display as follows

Name company shares date
A x 200 5/1/07
A y 500 5/1/07

U can notice the latest updating for each name for all companies
This is the output I should show in my web page

so... your database potentially has multiple entries for each company, and you only want to display the most recent?

I would sort the data by company, then date in reverse, then only display the first (most recent) entry for each company.

query :
"SELECT Name, company, shares, date FROM companyTable ORDER BY company, date DESC"

Hmm. Syntax doesn't look quite right. I'll look it up if you want.

Anyway, after you pull up one entry, skip ahead until you get to the next company, pull up one entry, skip ahead, etc.