Re: [PHP-DB] RE: [PHP] Random not working?
Thanks guys for the info; I will speak to my ISP! Have a nice weekend! Regards, Frank - Original Message - From: Rich Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frank Keessen [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:36 AM Subject: [PHP-DB] RE: [PHP] Random not working? Hi All, I'm trying to get a random record each time this script runs; Only it's giving me everytime the first record back.. No random at all.. // generate and execute query $query = SELECT stedenid, naamstad, stadomschrijvk FROM steden ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1; $result = mysql_query($query) or die (Error in query: $query. . mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_object($result); echo $row-naamstad; Version info; PHP 4.3.1 Mysql 3.23.54 When i'm trying to excute the SELECT statement in phpmyadmin; i'm only getting the first record back and when i'm taking off the LIMIT 1 it will display all the records in ascending order so also not in random.. Regards, Frank Frank This really belongs on the MySQL list but there was a known issue with RAND() on 3.23.54 - can you upgrade? If your table has an auto_increment ID column then a workaround would be to use rand() in PHP to generate a random ID then use that with a 'where id = '.$id in your query... HTH Rich -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] RE: [PHP] Random not working?
You might try getting the random number before the query. -Original Message- From: Rich Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 8:37 PM To: Frank Keessen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] RE: [PHP] Random not working? Hi All, I'm trying to get a random record each time this script runs; Only it's giving me everytime the first record back.. No random at all.. // generate and execute query $query = SELECT stedenid, naamstad, stadomschrijvk FROM steden ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1; $result = mysql_query($query) or die (Error in query: $query. . mysql_error()); $row = mysql_fetch_object($result); echo $row-naamstad; Version info; PHP 4.3.1 Mysql 3.23.54 When i'm trying to excute the SELECT statement in phpmyadmin; i'm only getting the first record back and when i'm taking off the LIMIT 1 it will display all the records in ascending order so also not in random.. Regards, Frank Frank This really belongs on the MySQL list but there was a known issue with RAND() on 3.23.54 - can you upgrade? If your table has an auto_increment ID column then a workaround would be to use rand() in PHP to generate a random ID then use that with a 'where id = '.$id in your query... HTH Rich -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
