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Old 04-19-2006, 05:24 AM
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Select a row at random?


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Old 04-19-2006, 05:26 AM
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Default MySQL answer. Re: Select a row at random?

SELECT * FROM some_table ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1
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Old 04-21-2006, 01:53 PM
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Default MS SQL answer. Re: Select a row at random?

SELECT top 1 word FROM dictionary ORDER BY rand(checksum(word + convert(varchar(23),getdate(),21)))
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Old 05-23-2006, 11:53 PM
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Default Postgresql answer. Re: Select a row at random?

SELECT COLUMN FROM TABLE
ORDER BY RANDOM()
LIMIT 1
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Old 12-17-2006, 11:02 PM
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Default MS SQL answer. Re: Select a row at random?

SET ROWCOUNT 1

SELECT
NEWID() AS [RANDOM],
PROJECT,
SITE_ID,
SAMPLE_ID
FROM
GB_SAMPLE
ORDER BY
[RANDOM] ASC

SET ROWCOUNT 0
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Old 12-17-2006, 11:04 PM
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Default MS SQL answer. Re: Select a row at random?

SELECT TOP 1
NEWID() AS [RANDOM],
PROJECT,
SITE_ID,
SAMPLE_ID
FROM
GB_SAMPLE
ORDER BY
[RANDOM] ASC
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Old 02-22-2007, 12:41 AM
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Default MS SQL answer. Re: Select a row at random?

SELECT * FROM YourTable ORDER BY NewId()
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