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Hi,

I need to display a different random record or link each day. I have the
random part working so that if the browser is refreshed a new record will
display. I'm not sure however how to specify that it only happens once a
day. This is the select statement I'm using to generate a random record.

Dim queryString As String = "SELECT Top 1 [tbllinks].[link] FROM [tbllinks]
ORDER BY NEWID()"

Thanks

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You'll have to store a "date" value somewhere (DB, File, etc) and check this
when it loads to determine if you need the call to the DB for a new record.
I would store the Date & the ID of the record in a table, you can have a
history that way too :}

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Hi,

I need to display a different random record or link each day. I have the
random part working so that if the browser is refreshed a new record will
display. I'm not sure however how to specify that it only happens once a
day. This is the select statement I'm using to generate a random record.

Dim queryString As String = "SELECT Top 1 [tbllinks].[link] FROM
[tbllinks]
ORDER BY NEWID()"

Thanks

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Nov 19 '05 #2
Thanks so much

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