This link goes into this in depth. http://www.aspalliance.com/stevesmith/articles/randomselect.asp
~Jason -----Original Message----- From: Chad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 12:09 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Random SQL statement I have a table with a Unique ID field and I would like to do a random select on the table UID. Basically I want to send the user to a page that displays that random record. Does SQL have a random function? I cant find anything in my books. SELECT rand(ID) FROM table Or should I select all records from the table and use CF to pick a random record from the dataset? Thanks, Chad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
