Problem In DataReport in Visual Basic 6

Hi,
I am making a clinic Management. I have to generate a report of test to be conducted for a particular patient. Problem I am facing is, I am able to display the tests name and costs, But i want to display Patient Name and Doctor Name only ONCE!!
i.e.

Code:

Doctor Name   Patient Name       Test         Cost of Test
Doctor1           Patient 1
                                            test1           cost1
                                            test2           cost2
                                            test3           cost3

(don't mind the identation, its not coming proper here for some reason i don't know...)

But it is being displayed as

Code:

Doctor Name   Patient Name     Test         Cost of Test
Doctor1          Patient 1          test1           cost1
Doctor1          Patient 1          test2           cost2
Doctor1          Patient 1          test3           cost3

How do I do this?

Also I thought of a little cheat way out of this. I thought i'll create a new table of the values required i.e table (doc name, patient name, test name, test cost) in which my first row will have doc name, patient name, null, null and subsequent rows will have null, null, test name(i), test cost(i)

So it is expected that the values are inserted like this

Code:

DNAME    PNAME             TESTNAME          COST
   D1            p1                  -                     -
   -                -             CHEST XRAY          100
   -                -               URINE                 250
   -                -               BLOOD                100

But it comes like this

Code:

DNAME    PNAME    TESTNAME               COST
   -                -             CHEST XRAY         100
   D1            p1                  -                  -
   -                -               URINE                250
   -                -               BLOOD                100

I don't understand whats the problem...Also note
If the table is created the first time the values get inserted properly,
but if i insert values after deleting all values it goes random...

Here's the code...

Code:

Private Sub cmdGivePresc_Click()
    On Error GoTo step1
    
    If txtInfo(7).Text <> "" Then

step2:
        Set temp = New ADODB.Recordset
        
        temp.Open "delete from for2mins", Ado, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic
        temp.Open "select * from for2mins", Ado, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic
                
        temp.AddNew
        temp(0) = doc_name
        temp(1) = pat_name
        temp(2) = Null
        temp(3) = Null
        
        Set Test = New ADODB.Recordset
        Test.Open "select tname, cost from test where test_id in (select test_id from test_result where test_result.presc_id in (select presc_id from appt a, doctor d where a.appt_time = '" & appt_time & "' and a.appt_date = '" & appt_date & "' and d.doc_id = " & doc_id & "))", Ado, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic

        While Not Test.EOF
            temp.AddNew
            temp(0) = Null
            temp(1) = Null
            temp(2) = Test(0)
            temp(3) = Test(1)
            Test.MoveNext
        Wend
        
        temp.Update
                
        DataEnvironment1.Connection1.Open
        DataEnvironment1.Command1
        DataReport1.Show
        
    Else
        MsgBox "Enter Patient ID or Select Appointment Date/Time", vbCritical
    End If
    Exit Sub
step1:
        DataEnvironment1.Connection1.Close
        GoTo step2
End Sub

 

Mj: Any specific reason that you want the output this way?

 

Instead of delete from for2mins check if you could use truncate table for2mins

 

Because in a report doctors name and patients name comes only once, not repeatedly while tests-costs can be multivalued hence it has to display all of them

 

no truncate didn't help....
I found a cheat in it, I added another coloumn id, in which i add 1...2....3...as coloumn number and i use order by id....which sorts the problem out.
But this isn't a right way to do it, someone told me to use grouping i tried that but that too didnt help ...I don't want to create another table and all....if thats possible ..?

 

group by won't help
I don't think this can be done using sql

it should be done after the record is feteched, while adding the output to the report

I don't think this should be a problem as long as you are just displaying and not storing them in that way.