Excuse my ignorance because I don't do advance db related programming,
but have no other choice at the moment. My experience is limited to
simple queries.
I need to have the following query display the recordset in random order
based on RecordID (unique key) if possible. I tried the ORDER BY NewID()
at the end and it generated an error (ORDER BY items must appear in the
select list if SELECT DISTINCT is specified.) I guess because of the sub
query. I would also like for the recordset to display a different 10
records on each hit to the page, not just the same 10 records in random
order. I wasn't sure if the SELECT commands I have in place are
sufficient for this task.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
SELECT DISTINCT
TOP 10 dbo.ShowcaseRides.RecordID,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.CustomerID, dbo.ShowcaseRides.PhotoLibID,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.Year,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.MakeShowcase,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.ModelShowcase, dbo.ShowcaseRides.VehicleTitle,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.NickName,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.SiteURL,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.ShowcaseRating, dbo.ShowcaseRides.ShowcaseRatingImage,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.ReviewDate,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.Home,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.EntryDate, dbo.Customers.UserName,
dbo.Customers.ShipCity, dbo.Customers.ShipRegion,
dbo.Customers.ShipPostalCode,
dbo.Customers.ShipCountry, dbo.Customers.LastName,
dbo.Customers.FirstName, dbo.Customers.MemberSince,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.Live,
dbo.ShowcaseRides.MemberLive, dbo.Accessories.Make,
dbo.Accessories.Model, Photos.Path
FROM dbo.ShowcaseRides INNER JOIN
dbo.Customers ON dbo.ShowcaseRides.CustomerID =
dbo.Customers.CustomerID INNER JOIN
dbo.Accessories ON dbo.ShowcaseRides.MakeShowcase
= dbo.Accessories.MakeShowcase AND
dbo.ShowcaseRides.ModelShowcase =
dbo.Accessories.ModelShowcase INNER JOIN
(SELECT MIN(dbo.ShowcasePhotos.PhotoPath)
AS Path, RecordID
FROM dbo.ShowcasePhotos
GROUP BY RecordID) Photos ON
dbo.ShowcaseRides.RecordID = Photos.RecordID INNER JOIN
dbo.ShowcasePhotos ON Photos.Path =
dbo.ShowcasePhotos.PhotoPath
WHERE (dbo.ShowcaseRides.MemberLive = 1) AND (dbo.ShowcaseRides.Live
= 1) AND (dbo.ShowcaseRides.MakeShowcase = @MMColParam)
ORDER BY dbo.ShowcaseRides.EntryDate DESC
Regards,
Darin L. Miller
Paradyse Development
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