I am not sure if it is what is causing the problem but the
word DATE is one
that should not be used when naming database fields as it is
reserved in
SQL.
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Valleybiz Internet Design
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"schristy" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in
message
news:e282g9$4o5$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I have a page with a repeat region that's supposed to
show the guestbook
> entries from a d-base. I have the dataset set up to sort
in descending
> order
> based on the date but it's not sorting for some reason.
Below is the
> code.
> The date field is set up as a date/time field in the
Access D-base. Any
> idea
> why it's not sorting?
>
>
> <%@ Page Language="VB" ContentType="text/html"
> ResponseEncoding="iso-8859-1" %>
> <%@ Register TagPrefix="MM"
Namespace="DreamweaverCtrls"
>
Assembly="DreamweaverCtrls,version=1.0.0.0,publicKeyToken=836f606ede05d46a,cultu
> re=neutral" %>
> <MM

ataSet
> id="guestbookdataset"
> runat="Server"
> IsStoredProcedure="false"
> ConnectionString='<%#
>
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("MM_CONNECTION_STRING_gue
> stbook") %>'
> DatabaseType='<%#
>
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("MM_CONNECTION_DATABASETY
> PE_guestbook") %>'
> CommandText='<%# "SELECT * FROM guestbook ORDER BY
""DATE"" DESC" %>'
> Debug="true"
> ></MM

ataSet>
> <MM

ageBind runat="server" PostBackBind="true" />
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01
Transitional//EN"
> "
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
> <html>
> <head>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
> <title>Mr C's Guestbook</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <p align="center"><strong><font size="5"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
> sans-serif">Mr. C's
Guestbook</font></strong></p>
> <table width="740" border="1" cellspacing="2"
cellpadding="1">
> <ASP:Repeater runat="server" DataSource='<%#
> guestbookdataset.DefaultView
> %>'>
> <ItemTemplate>
> <tr>
> <td width="245" valign="top"><p><font
size="2" face="Verdana,
> Arial,
> Helvetica,
sans-serif"><strong>Name:</strong> <%#
> guestbookdataset.FieldValue("NAME", Container)
%></font></p>
> <p><font
> size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif"><strong>Date
> Posted:</strong> <%#
guestbookdataset.FieldValue("DATE", Container)
> %></font></p></td>
> <td width="479" valign="top"><font size="2"
face="Verdana, Arial,
> Helvetica, sans-serif"><%#
guestbookdataset.FieldValue("MESSAGE",
> Container)
> %></font></td>
> </tr>
> <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC">
> <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="Verdana,
Arial, Helvetica,
> sans-serif"> </font></td>
> </tr>
> </ItemTemplate>
> </ASP:Repeater>
> </table>
> <p> </p>
> </body>
> </html>
>