I know it's documented as rand() but you might want to try random() just in
case... I'm sure I read that somewhere....
- seb
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hurleston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 31 August 2001 19:18
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP-DB] Random
I would like to get the first 5 random entries out of my "mysql" database,
what would be the correct SELECT option?
I adjusted this line
$result = mysql_db_query ("$DBName","select * from Contacts LIMIT 0,5 ");
which works correctly. :)
$result = mysql_db_query ("$DBName","select * from Contacts order by rand()
LIMIT 5 ");
Doesn't work at all. :(
Can anyone through any light on this subject.
Thanks.
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