You could get Max and Min ID's from your database, then get #randRange(minFromDB, maxFromDB)#?
Chris -----Original Message----- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:55 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: How to Random Pick records from a 10k record table via SQL Why isn't it? -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:53 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: How to Random Pick records from a 10k record table via SQL Not sure how that works Russ, thats not very random? On 3/22/07, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not sure about mysql. In SQL server I would do something like this: > > Select top 20 * from table order by newId() > > Russ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael E. Carluen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:25 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: How to Random Pick records from a 10k record table via SQL > > > > Hello All, > > > > I am wondering how to randomly pick any 20 records from a table of > 10,000+ > > records, directly from a cfquery? Currently using mySQL. > > > > Any suggestions will be appreciated. > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:274309 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
