Hi all, im a little bit new to all this so i you could help me a little i
would be greatful.
How do i select a completly random record from a database?
sql = select (random) from tbl, sort of thing.
Thanks for any help you can give
Jamie 5 5058
Hi Jamie,
is it ASP ???
you could do something like
select count(*) from tbl, sort of thing
randomize
count = {count varable from select (*)}
random_number=i nt(rnd*count)+1
select from tbl where id = random_number
something like this will do it
Graham
"Jamie Fryatt" <ja**********@b tconnect.com> wrote in message news:bq******** **@titan.btinte rnet.com... Hi all, im a little bit new to all this so i you could help me a little i would be greatful. How do i select a completly random record from a database? sql = select (random) from tbl, sort of thing. Thanks for any help you can give Jamie
> How do i select a completly random record from a database?
The question is what kind of database ? Some databases actually
have a way of doing it directly, if it's SQL server you need to fool
it a bit and the code is not that efficent:
"SELECT TOP 1 [fieldname] from [yourtable] order by newid()"
PL.
Forgive me if I am wrong, but does your suggestion not
require that all the IDs be sequential. If, for instance
you started with 200 records, and deleted every other one,
you would be left with 100 even numbered records. Using
your logic, the count would be 100 and the random_number
might be odd (i.e. 33). Since there is no record ID 33
(remember all odd records were deleted), the query would
return nothing. Hi Jamie,>select count(*) from tbl, sort of thing
randomize count = {count varable from select (*)} random_number= int(rnd*count)+ 1
select from tbl where id = random_number
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is it ASP ???
you could do something like something like this will do it
Graham
"Jamie Fryatt" <ja**********@b tconnect.com> wrote in
message news:bq******** **@titan.btinte rnet.com... Hi all, im a little bit new to all this so i you could
help me a little i would be greatful.
How do i select a completly random record from a
database? sql = select (random) from tbl, sort of thing.
Thanks for any help you can give
Jamie
i am using a standard ms access database!
i just need a select statement for a random record select if there is one?
Thanks
Jamie
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The question is what kind of database ? Some databases actually have a way of doing it directly, if it's SQL server you need to fool it a bit and the code is not that efficent:
"SELECT TOP 1 [fieldname] from [yourtable] order by newid()"
PL.
Jamie Fryatt wrote: i am using a standard ms access database!
i just need a select statement for a random record select if there is one? http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...se&sa=N&tab=wg
HTH,
Bob Barrows
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