You can add a random number to your query then order by that.
Try this:
<cfquery datasource="#Attributes.DataSource#" name="q_banners">
SELECT BannerAdID, #RandRange(1,99999)# AS "Rand"
FROM BannerAds
WHERE Active = 1
ORDER BY RAND
</cfquery>
<cfset variables.bid = ListGetAt(ValueList(q_banners.BannerAdID),
andRange( 1, ListLen(ValueList(q_banners.BannerAdID))))>
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Original Message
From: "Duane Boudreau"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Random Numbers and Banner Managers
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 16:53:52 -0400
>Hi All,
>
>I'm working on a banner manager program and I seem to be having a problem
>getting a true random number. It seems that some of the banners pop up more
>frequently than others. Here is the code I am using. Is there something
>better I could be using to generate a random number or is this as good as
it
>gets?
>
><cfquery datasource="#Attributes.DataSource#" name="q_banners">
> SELECT BannerAdID
> FROM BannerAds
> WHERE Active = 1
></cfquery>
><cfset variables.bid = ListGetAt(ValueList(q_banners.BannerAdID),
>andRange( 1, ListLen(ValueList(q_banners.BannerAdID))))>
>
>TIA,
>Duane Boudreau
>CFExperts.Com
>
>
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