i think it is more suitable to do it in programming level in mysql, though I
know there is a function is M$sql server.
if your table schema has a unique id field, before submit a query to DB,
1) select count(*) from it
2) from the above resultset, program to draw whatever number of records you
want.
3) submit the query, select * from it where id in (your random record ids);
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> How do I write SQL in MySQL to randomly select 5 records from a table?
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