How about :
Book.objects.order_by('?')[:1].get()
On Nov 9, 2:26 pm, LorenDavie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about this:
>
> import random
> Book.objects.all()[random.randint(0,Book.objects.count()-1]
>
> On Nov 9, 2:00 pm, Hani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi James,
>
> > I did go through the API documentation but did not find what I wanted.
> > Please note that I am both a Django and Python newbie so its likely I
> > did not 'get it'. Would you direct me to the pertinent topic/heading/
> > paragraph?
>
> > And I did not take your response as mean. No worries. :)
>
> > On Nov 9, 1:46 pm, "James Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > On Nov 9, 2007 12:44 PM, Hani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > What I would like to do is create a method to the model, say
> > > > random_id, so that object.random_id will access a random instance.
>
> > > I'm not trying to be mean, but what you should do is read Django's
> > > database API documentation, which explains precisely how to accomplish
> > > this.
>
> > > --
> > > "Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct -- the best kind of
> > > correct."
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