RE: [PHP] Dear Lazy Web: Pseudo Randomisation Strategies on Listing Websites

2010-08-20 Thread Jon Haworth
Hi Col, Interesting problem. Are there any other approaches I've missed? Off the top of my head, how about this: 1. Add a new unsigned int column called SortOrder to the table of widgets or whatever it is you're listing 2. Fill this column with randomly-generated numbers between 0 and

Re: [PHP] Dear Lazy Web: Pseudo Randomisation Strategies on Listing Websites

2010-08-20 Thread tedd
At 10:00 AM +0100 8/20/10, Colin Guthrie wrote: Are there any other approaches I've missed? Is there some cunning, cleverness that eludes me? Col Col: I don't know about being clever, but the problem reminds me of selling ad space on web sites. I read a book about it, namely OpenX Ad