If your database has a random number generator function, you can try: SELECT tblCompany.*, Random() as SortOrder FROM tblCompany ORDER by SortOrder
HTH--haven't tried it myself. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Forbes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:06 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: How can I "ORDER BY RANDOM" ? > > > Dear CF'ers: > > I have searched my CF books for a clue, but am unable to find > an example of > what I am trying to do. > > I need to modify the below query so that my results are still > ordered by > "ClassOfService" (a number between 1 and 4) - BUT, the > "CompanyName" needs > to be displayed in a RANDOM ORDER each time the query is run, > rather than > its current alphabetical order. This will give all companies that > participate an even advantage of being selected rather than > those that > begin with the first letters of the alphabet. > > Can someone please point me in the right direction? I have > studied the CF > RANDOM tag but can't figure out how to apply it. > > <CFQUERY NAME="GetAllCompaniesWithMiniSites" DATASOURCE="MedMallDs" > DBTYPE="ODBC"> > > SELECT * > > FROM CompanyTbl > > WHERE CompanyWantsMiniSite = 'Yes' AND > MakeMiniSitePublic = 'Yes' > > ORDER BY CompanyTbl.ClassOfService, CompanyTbl.CompanyName > > </CFQUERY> > > Thanks very much!! > > Tom Forbes > > > > ************************************************************** > ********* > Tom Forbes, Forbes Consulting, Inc. > TEL: 407-772-3427 FAX: 407-772-3428 > Visit www.medmatrix.com for Medical Equipment Web Sites! > E-Mail Subscription at www.medmatrix.com/mail_list.htm > ************************************************************** > ********* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
