Might be simplest just to query to count the records SELECT COUNT(id) as total FROM customers
Then use cf to determine the randomness: <cfset thewinner = RandRange(1,query.total)> SELECT * FROM customers WHERE id = <cfqueryparam value="#Val(thewinner)#" cfsqltype="CF_SQL_INTEGER"> <!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: Rob Wilkerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Pulling a random record from the DB I should mention that the latter option - returning everything just to use one - can have a big performance impact, so be careful with that one. On 3/29/06, Rob Wilkerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not so easy, then. Try Google-ing "ms access random record" and > you'll get a lot of info about creating seeds, etc. You can go that > direction or return all and select a random record using randRange ( > 1, queryName.recordcount ). > > Again, that's from memory, so you might have to play with it a bit. > > On 3/29/06, Will Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What DB? With SQL Server 2K, I think the following will work > > > (untested - going straight from distant memory): > > > > I'm sorry - it's Access. > > > > Thanks, > > Will > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236465 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
