<cfquery name="topbids"....>
select bidder, top 5 bidAmt
from tblBids
order by bidder
group by bidAmt, bidder
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query="topbids">
#bidder#
<cfif currentrow eq 1>
- #bidAmt#
</cfif>
</cfoutput>
I might be a little off on the syntax - not looking at a reference right
now.
--
Billy Cravens
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> try max rows 1. if that doesnt work try cfloop instead of cfoutput and then
> put in a cfbreak.
> i am sure there is a better way though.
>
> "Jeff Fongemie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm setting up a real simple auction application. Super simple. People
>
> submit bids via a form, then the top 5 bids are displayed on a page. The
>
> catch is, I only want the 5th highest bid to show the actual bid.
>
> So, I can order the query by bid descending and for output bids 1 through 5
>
> will give the bidders name, but I need to have the bid amounts hidden for
>
> the top 4 bids, and show the 5th.
>
> To display only the top 5 bids, I'm using maxrows =5 in my output. Is there
>
> a way to control all this stuff with the SQL, or do I have a basic query,
>
> order by bid desc. and control the results through output?
>
> With the output method, I can't seem to be able to get the results to
>
> populate the 5th bid amt., but not the first 4.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Fongemie
>
>
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