I need help with SELECT statement

Hi, Could you help me modify the SELECT statement below that would
accomplish my final goal.
SELECT col1, col2 FROM table1 WHERE col3 < @.V
In col1 rows have many duplicates
col2 has unique values
col3 can have 5 possible values: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25
Variable @.V can be equal to 5 or 10 or 15 or 20 or 25
The goal is to:
Return row values from col1 without duplicates, and return corresponding
values from col2 (both col1 and col2 in one row) "WHERE" col3 always has
maximum value from all possible values but is <= @.V
Thank you.
Vanessa
Vanessa,
I was going to take a look at this but I noticed that you have already
cross-posted in the programming group. Please give one group a chance before
trying another, otherwise we spend unnecessary time trying to solve
something thaat is already solved elsewhere.
Rgds,
Paul Ibison SQL Server MVP, www.replicationanswers.com/default.asp
(recommended sql server 2000 replication book:
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602p.html)