ill have a database with 1 table and 3 fields:
ID FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
(the ID field will be the auto incrementing index)
there might be 10 records in the DB, there might be 10,000.
i need to open the DB and randomly select a record (and then display the
name, which i dont have a problem with)
how can i randomly select a record? im guessing id have to open a recordset
and check the count to get the number of records, so lets say there were 100
records. i imagine i would have to generate a random number between 1 and
100....
anyone have a small example?
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ill have a database with 1 table and 3 fields:
ID FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
(the ID field will be the auto incrementing index)
there might be 10 records in the DB, there might be 10,000.
i need to open the DB and randomly select a record (and then display the
name, which i dont have a problem with)
how can i randomly select a record? im guessing id have to open a
recordset and check the count to get the number of records, so lets say
there were 100 records. i imagine i would have to generate a random number
between 1 and 100....
anyone have a small example?
thanks... few questions though. here is the code:
<%
Randomize()
randNum = (CInt(1000 * Rnd) + 1) * -1
set conn = CreateObject("A DODB.Connection ")
sql = "SELECT TOP 1 cols," & _
"r = Rnd(" & randNum & ")" & _
"FROM TableName " & _
"ORDER BY r"
set rs = conn.execute(sq l)
response.write rs(0)
' ...
rs.close: set rs = nothing
conn.close: set conn = nothing
%>
what will randNum equal? a number between what and what?
in the SQL statement, what is "cols"? and "r"?
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"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
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>ill have a database with 1 table and 3 fields:
ID FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
(the ID field will be the auto incrementing index)
there might be 10 records in the DB, there might be 10,000.
i need to open the DB and randomly select a record (and then display the
name, which i dont have a problem with)
how can i randomly select a record? im guessing id have to open a
recordset and check the count to get the number of records, so lets say
there were 100 records. i imagine i would have to generate a random number
between 1 and 100....
anyone have a small example?
what will randNum equal? a number between what and what?
Hit refresh a few times:
<%
Randomize()
randNum = (CInt(1000 * Rnd) + 1) * -1
response.write (randNum)
%>
In the SQL statement, what is "cols"? and "r"?
cols is your column list.
r is just an alias for the random number, and it should be in the result set
because it use to seed the random number in the query and is used in the
order by. You could do it all in the order by but some queries will not
allow you to order by something that is not in the select list.
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"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
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>ill have a database with 1 table and 3 fields:
ID FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
(the ID field will be the auto incrementing index)
there might be 10 records in the DB, there might be 10,000.
i need to open the DB and randomly select a record (and then display the
name, which i dont have a problem with)
how can i randomly select a record? im guessing id have to open a
recordset and check the count to get the number of records, so lets say
there were 100 records. i imagine i would have to generate a random
number
between 1 and 100....
anyone have a small example?
ok so
randNum = (CInt(9 * Rnd) + 1)
gives me 1-10, correct?
so to generate a random record from my database i would use:
randNum = (CInt((recordco unt-1) * Rnd) + 1)
is that right?
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraawrote in message
news:uK******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
>what will randNum equal? a number between what and what?
Hit refresh a few times:
<%
Randomize()
randNum = (CInt(1000 * Rnd) + 1) * -1
response.write (randNum)
%>
>In the SQL statement, what is "cols"? and "r"?
cols is your column list.
r is just an alias for the random number, and it should be in the result
set because it use to seed the random number in the query and is used in
the order by. You could do it all in the order by but some queries will
not allow you to order by something that is not in the select list.
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"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
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>>ill have a database with 1 table and 3 fields:
ID FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
(the ID field will be the auto incrementing index)
there might be 10 records in the DB, there might be 10,000.
i need to open the DB and randomly select a record (and then display the
name, which i dont have a problem with)
how can i randomly select a record? im guessing id have to open a
recordset and check the count to get the number of records, so lets say
there were 100 records. i imagine i would have to generate a random
number
between 1 and 100....
anyone have a small example?
Well, you have the same ability to try that code as I do. It really depends
on what you are then going to do with RandNum. What I was trying to
demonstrate is that you don't need to know the recordcount beforehand
(saving one query).
"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
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ok so
randNum = (CInt(9 * Rnd) + 1)
gives me 1-10, correct?
so to generate a random record from my database i would use:
randNum = (CInt((recordco unt-1) * Rnd) + 1)
is that right?
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraawrote in
message news:uK******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
>>what will randNum equal? a number between what and what?
Hit refresh a few times:
<%
Randomize()
randNum = (CInt(1000 * Rnd) + 1) * -1
response.write (randNum)
%>
>>In the SQL statement, what is "cols"? and "r"?
cols is your column list.
r is just an alias for the random number, and it should be in the result
set because it use to seed the random number in the query and is used in
the order by. You could do it all in the order by but some queries will
not allow you to order by something that is not in the select list.
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"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
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ill have a database with 1 table and 3 fields:
ID FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
(the ID field will be the auto incrementing index)
there might be 10 records in the DB, there might be 10,000.
i need to open the DB and randomly select a record (and then display
the
name, which i dont have a problem with)
how can i randomly select a record? im guessing id have to open a
recordset and check the count to get the number of records, so lets say
there were 100 records. i imagine i would have to generate a random
number
between 1 and 100....
anyone have a small example?
if i dont know the recordhand, how will i seed the random number generator?
obviously if i have 100 records i cant have a number generated thats over
100
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraawrote in message
news:uq******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
Well, you have the same ability to try that code as I do. It really
depends on what you are then going to do with RandNum. What I was trying
to demonstrate is that you don't need to know the recordcount beforehand
(saving one query).
"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
news:O8******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP02.phx.gbl...
>ok so
randNum = (CInt(9 * Rnd) + 1)
gives me 1-10, correct?
so to generate a random record from my database i would use:
randNum = (CInt((recordco unt-1) * Rnd) + 1)
is that right?
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraawrote in
message news:uK******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
>>>what will randNum equal? a number between what and what?
Hit refresh a few times:
<%
Randomize()
randNum = (CInt(1000 * Rnd) + 1) * -1
response.write (randNum)
%>
In the SQL statement, what is "cols"? and "r"?
cols is your column list.
r is just an alias for the random number, and it should be in the result
set because it use to seed the random number in the query and is used in
the order by. You could do it all in the order by but some queries will
not allow you to order by something that is not in the select list.
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraawrote in
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"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
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ill have a database with 1 table and 3 fields:
>
ID FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
>
(the ID field will be the auto incrementing index)
>
there might be 10 records in the DB, there might be 10,000.
i need to open the DB and randomly select a record (and then display
the
name, which i dont have a problem with)
how can i randomly select a record? im guessing id have to open a
recordset and check the count to get the number of records, so lets
say
there were 100 records. i imagine i would have to generate a random
number
between 1 and 100....
>
anyone have a small example?
>
>
i dont have a database ready yet to TRY it. so instead im trying to
UNDERSTAND it first.
my confusion is in the fact that im thinking if i have 100 records, i need
to generate a random number between 1 and 100 so that i can open THAT random
record. do you see what im trying to do?
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraawrote in message
news:uq******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
Did you TRY the code sample that you had questions about? The random
number is not important, it is merely used to seed the random number in
the query that gets *1* row.
I suggest you try it out.
"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
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>if i dont know the recordhand, how will i seed the random number
generator?
obviously if i have 100 records i cant have a number generated thats over
100
>i dont have a database ready yet to TRY it. so instead im trying to
>UNDERSTAND it first.
my confusion is in the fact that im thinking if i have 100 records, i need
to generate a random number between 1 and 100 so that i can open THAT
random record. do you see what im trying to do?
Sort of.
The problem is, if you have a number between 1 and 100, and you are trying
to get the row where [TableName]ID = that number, you're going to be
disappointed when you don't have a perfectly sequential set of [TableName]ID
values (even if the total number is exactly 100). Because of deletes,
rollbacks, and failures, you are likely going to have gaps in your
[TableName]ID. This is why the top solution is better than a solution that
relies on mapping recordcount to actual data.
A
Does either the pubs or Northwind sample database come with SQLExpress?
If so, apply the example query to a table in one of those databases.
Let's look at the query:
sql = "SELECT TOP 1
TOP 1 tells it to return only the first record in the resultset
cols," & _
cols is meant to be a list of the columns you wish the query to return
"r = Rnd(" & randNum & ")" & _
This assigns a random number to each record in the resultset (prior to
TOP being applied)
"FROM TableName " & _
"ORDER BY r"
Without the "TOP 1", you would have a resultset containing the columns
specified by "cols" as well as a calculated column (called r) containing
a random number generated by the Rnd function, ordered by the random
number assigned to each record. The "TOP 1" returns the first one. So
you don't need to know how many records are in your table.
Jimmy wrote:
i dont have a database ready yet to TRY it. so instead im trying to
UNDERSTAND it first.
my confusion is in the fact that im thinking if i have 100 records, i
need to generate a random number between 1 and 100 so that i can open
THAT random record. do you see what im trying to do?
"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartr eb.noraawrote in
message news:uq******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP04.phx.gbl...
>Did you TRY the code sample that you had questions about? The random
number is not important, it is merely used to seed the random number
in the query that gets *1* row.
I suggest you try it out.
"Jimmy" <j@j.jwrote in message
news:e4******* *******@TK2MSFT NGP05.phx.gbl.. .
>>if i dont know the recordhand, how will i seed the random number
generator?
obviously if i have 100 records i cant have a number generated
thats over 100
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