Apologies .. I assumed the random() example was a "created to show the effect" 
query by the OP. ?Your example was the one using the date function.

-------- Original message --------
From: J Decker <d3c...@gmail.com> 
Date: 26/08/2015  11:42  (GMT+00:00) 
To: Graham Holden <SQLite at aldurslair.com>,General Discussion of SQLite 
Database <sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> 
Subject: Re: [sqlite] order by not working in combination with random() 

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 2:47 AM, Graham Holden <SQLite at aldurslair.com> wrote:
> And while "SELECT random() AS rr ORDER BY rr" is slightly contrived, the 
> example from J Decker:
>
contrived? cause I copied it from the original poster's first message?
it was used in MySQL as a way to shuffle a deck of cards, and worked there too.

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