#33531: Random ORDER BY not working with MSSQL
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Reporter: coronoro | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Database | Version: 3.0
layer (models, ORM) |
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: | Has patch: 0
Unreviewed |
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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Given a simple Model:
{{{
class Person(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
country_code = models.CharField(max_length=3, blank=True, null=True)
class Meta:
db_table = 'persons'
}}}
I want to pick an entry randomly by using
{{{
Person.objects.all().order_by('?')
}}}
the resulting query has the following order by clause
{{{
... FROM [persons] ORDER BY RAND() ASC
}}}
This however does not give a randomized order of the table. Instead it
always returns the same entries in the same order(ordered by id).
The desired result can be achieved with
{{{
... ORDER BY NEWID()
}}}
I am aware that this also isn't an exactly optimal solution as stated
here: [https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/955/what-is-the-best-way-
to-get-a-random-ordering].
For completeness: I observed this behaviour using a MSSQL14 Server
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