<cfset randomize(datediff("d", "1-1-1990", now()))>
<cfoutput>daily random number: #rand()#</cfoutput>
<cfset randomize(datediff("w", "1-1-1990", now()))>
<cfoutput>weekly random number: #rand()#</cfoutput>
You'd then need to use this number to choose a row from your db. Is that
any help?
Regards,
Matthew Walker
http://www.matthewwalker.net.nz/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Smeets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 10 October 2002 3:53 p.m.
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Daily/Weekly Quote Generator
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to write a daily/weekly quote generator. I've got
> the code that
> pulls a random quote from my database however I'm not sure
> how to go about
> pulling it out every week or every day. (I'd like to be able
> to interchange
> from a week to daily)
>
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> "Life is a series of small victories" - Gene Simmons
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