Hi Russ,
I did that, but I get an error stating that there is no column in the db
named SortOrder. Here is the modified query:
<CFQUERY NAME="GetAllCompaniesWithMiniSites" DATASOURCE="MedMallDs"
DBTYPE="ODBC">
SELECT CompanyTbl.*, Rnd() as SortOrder
FROM CompanyTbl
WHERE CompanyWantsMiniSite = 'Yes' AND MakeMiniSitePublic = 'Yes'
ORDER BY CompanyTbl.ClassOfService, SortOrder
</CFQUERY>
Thanks,
Tom
At 04:10 PM 4/3/03 -0600, you wrote:
>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
> >
> >
> >
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