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Counter In SQL

01-11-2006 02:45PM

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gerryjuice

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Can some one please tell me how to display a random number of records from a database using SQL.

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#2 01-11-2006 02:57PM

TheWaterboy

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do u mean something like this:

SELECT * FROM tbl_name ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 15

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#3 01-11-2006 03:41PM

bonkey

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Very much depends on which system you're using, but fundamentally you're gonna use a TOP, LIMIT, ROWNUM or whatever your DB offers against a RAND function of some description as just described.

Seems like an odd thing to want to do though.

jc

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#4 01-11-2006 04:40PM

gerryjuice

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Just need to get a representation of the data within a table, so needed to get a random selection.
Thanks for the help.

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