Leave your query the same.
Do something like:
<cfset row = randRange(1, GetAllCompaniesWithMiniSites.recordCount)>
<cfoutput query="GetAllCompaniesWithMiniSites" startrow="#row#" maxrows="1">
{do processing here}
</cfoutput>
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2003 3:30 pm
Subject: Re: How can I "ORDER BY RANDOM" ?
> I know, I stated in my question that I wanted to MODIFY the
> EXISTING query.
>
>
> At 02:26 PM 4/3/03 -0800, you wrote:
> >OK...but you should still remove that field from the ORDER BY
> clause :-)
> >Granted it may not always return records in a random order, but
> there is no
> >point in ordering by the CompanyName if you're after random results.
> >
> >Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
> >VP & Director of E-Commerce Development
> >Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
> >t. 250.920.8830
> >e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------
> >Macromedia Associate Partner
> >www.macromedia.com
> >---------------------------------------------------------
> >Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group
> >Founder & Director
> >www.cfug-vancouverisland.com
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tom Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 2:16 PM
> >Subject: Re: How can I "ORDER BY RANDOM" ?
> >
> >
> > > Bryan,
> > >
> > > I need to display the company names in a random order EACH
> TIME the query
> > > is run.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > At 02:12 PM 4/3/03 -0800, you wrote:
> > > >Remove the CompanyName field from the ORDER BY clause. Then
> the results
> > > >will be ordered by ClassOfService only....unless I'm missing
> your point
> >;-)
> > > >
> > > >Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
> > > >VP & Director of E-Commerce Development
> > > >Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
> > > >t. 250.920.8830
> > > >e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > >---------------------------------------------------------
> > > >Macromedia Associate Partner
> > > >www.macromedia.com
> > > >---------------------------------------------------------
> > > >Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group
> > > >Founder & Director
> > > >www.cfug-vancouverisland.com
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Tom Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 2:05 PM
> > > >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
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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