$order="time desc";
$sql="SELECT * from $table ORDER BY $order LIMIT 0,5" or die ("Cant do sql
$sql");;that would get the latest news sorted on the time. Neil ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 5:54 PM Subject: [PHP-DB] Selct & show certain num records ? > Hi All > > I know this has been covered here before but can someone please remind > me how to selct just the 5 latest records in my db and show them in list > form. > > Just like phpbuilder.com dose > > I thank you in advance for repeating this information. > > Dave C :-) > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
