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Return the TWO most recent dates

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douggy

douggy

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Jan 18, 2001
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If have four dates for one record, how do I return the TWO most recent ones.

I would really appreciate a pointer here.

Kind regards Mark
 
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Dear Mark,

try this:

Select top 2 field1, field2 from sourcetable order by datefield desc

regards Astrid
 
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