>> The more I think about it, I might just not use the catalog at all. 
>> This isn't a 'search' mechanism anyway, so I think I'm going to 
>> replan this and go to the db directly. 

 

We do something similar except it is to pull a list of video game map files
- pulling random recent ones - and the with MSSQL the query is something
like.

 

SELECT Top 10 ID,. <data fields>.

FROM thetable

Where  addeddate > #somedate#

Order By  NEW(ID)

 

 

Ordering by New(ID) randomizes the selection within the bounds of the Where
clause and the TOP X sets the limit of the records pulled.

 

 

 

Dennis,

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