If you're not using SQL 2005, the following (slightly more complex) query should simulate the RANK and PARTITION:
SELECT id, name, date_due, date_modified FROM ( SELECT id, name, date_due, date_modified, (SELECT COUNT(id) FROM table T2 WHERE T1.id = T2.id AND T2.date_modified >= T1.date_modified) AS userRank FROM table T1 ) AS rankedTable WHERE rankedTable.userRank <= 2 ORDER BY id, date_modified DESC The only caveat is that if you have two entries with exactly the same date stamp, the ranking might be thrown off; but that's fairly unlikely... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:315486 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
