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Re: Select a random record.

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:54:15 -0000

THe reason the author did it this way is because its the fastest performance wise. You are right in stating that order by rand() is more compact when speaking about code but this example is all about speed now.

Re: Select a random record.

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 09:40:51 -0000

select ... order by rand()

Re: Select a random record.

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:29:01 -0000

<ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>Just a little bit easier:

SELECT cat, dog
FROM foo
ORDER BY random()
LIMIT 1;</ul>

Re: Select a random record.

Chad — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:12:51 -0000

select .... order by random() limit 1

Re: Select a random record.

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 02:05:49 -0000

Just a little bit easier:

SELECT cat, dog
FROM foo
ORDER BY random()
LIMIT 1;