Question

For the latest news items i have the following code

 <asp:EntityDataSource ID="entynews" runat="server" 
ConnectionString="name=CommerceEntities" 
DefaultContainerName="CommerceEntities" EnableFlattening="False" 
EntitySetName="news">
</asp:EntityDataSource>

How do i limit the records to say five and also order it by a field called startdate to return the most recent news.

Regards
Thanks
David Buckley

Answer 1

Add the OrderBy property e.g.

OrderBy="startdate DESC"

and the Select property e.g.

Select="top(5) startdate, Another_Field" 

to your EntityDataSource declaration.