VB4 queries converted to VB5 ?

[svoeric]

I had 2 queries I ran against the db in VB4 to pull most recent posts (in a non-vb page), and all posts from a specific forum.

Wondering if someone can help me convert these to VB5.6 -- I've not quite got the vb5 DB format figured out yet

this one grabs stuff from my FYI thread --

SELECT thread.threadid, thread.title, thread.dateline, post.threadid,thread.firstpostid,
thread.lastpost, thread.visible, thread.lastposter, thread.lastposterid,
post.threadid, post.pagetext
FROM " . $TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN " . $TABLE_PREFIX . "post AS post ON (post.postid = thread.firstpostid)
WHERE thread.forumid =56
AND thread.visible = 1
GROUP BY thread.threadid
ORDER BY thread.lastpost DESC
LIMIT 0, " . $postret . "
");

this one shows most recent posts --

SELECT thread.threadid, thread.title, thread.dateline,
thread.lastpost, thread.visible, thread.lastposter, thread.lastposterid,
forum.forumid, forum.title as forumtitle, user.userid, usergroup.opentag, usergroup.closetag
FROM " . $TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread
INNER JOIN " . $TABLE_PREFIX . "forum AS forum ON(forum.forumid = thread.forumid)
LEFT JOIN " . $TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user ON (thread.lastposterid = user.userid)
LEFT JOIN " . $TABLE_PREFIX . "usergroup AS usergroup ON (usergroup.usergroupid = user.usergroupid)
WHERE thread.forumid NOT IN($excforum)
AND thread.visible = 1
GROUP BY thread.threadid
ORDER BY thread.lastpost DESC
LIMIT 0, " . $postret . "
");

Thanks Really appreciate any help