Right, that gets me the Top 5 records.  Simple.  Now, how does one go about displaying the records across the page in columns?

My solution is 5 data sets, With a...

I have done something like this:

Insert INTO TrustChecks (

  CheckNumber,

  Amount,

  ClearedDate,

  ClearedStatus)

 SELECT

  ClearedChecks.CheckNumber,

  ClearedChecks.Amount,

  ClearedChecks.CheckDate,

  'C'

  FROM ClearedChecks

  Left Join TrustChecks

  On TrustChecks.CheckNumber = ClearedChecks.CheckNumber

  where TrustChecks.CheckNumber is NULL

Only inserts the entries from...