How is this -dev? How is it php? This is crossposted. -AZ
"Hew Staff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, > > I'm trying to pull a random row from my database and display the contents. > > I know that the code: > SELECT * FROM TABLENAME WHERE RAND() LIMIT 1 > should work. > > However, there are 19 rows in the database and only the first row ever shows > up. > > Is there a way to do this to ensure uniqueness? > > The code I am using at the moment also filters so that rows are pulled from > the database given certain other criteria such as: > > SELECT * FROM TABLENAME WHERE PayerID=$id AND RAND() LIMIT 1 > > All of the rows in the database contain the same PayerID and this column is > not the Primary Key. > > Any help much appreciated. > Jonathan S Hardiman > President/CEO > Hardiman Enterprises Worldwide > > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
