thanks for the pointers. Ill go check it out

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From: "Rich Wild" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:52 PM
Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Slightly OT: Returning a random row from SQL Server


> best approach (in my opinion) is this stored procedure:
> 
> http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/081100-1.shtml
> 
> I use it a lot and it works great
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andy Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 03 September 2002 16:03
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Slightly OT: Returning a random row from 
> > SQL Server
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I need to retrieve a random row from a table. Although I 
> > could get the whole
> > recordset and select one in CF, I would prefer to only return 
> > the single row
> > of data I need.
> > 
> > Can anyone give me a neat method of getting SQL Server 7 to 
> > get one random
> > row?
> > 
> > I have got a random number based on the number of records, 
> > but unless I can
> > access that row directly (like in CF -  
> > queryname.columnname[x]) then I dont
> > know of a way to get the row. Does anyone know if I can do this?
> > 
> > Any help appreciated
> > 
> > Andy Hall.
> > 
> > 
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