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berndh
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 Posted - 2006-01-19 : 17:41:48
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| Hi,Have a problem here. I'm trying to retrieve 5 record that have a "1" in filrd "active". These record should be really random.I created a script, but it does not really seem to work. It does return me 5 records, but they are not random, rather sequential, and it ignores the "1".Your help pleaase.here is----- SQL = "SELECT TOP 5 * " & _ "FROM books " & _ "WHERE " & _ "active =1" CountSQL = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (" & "SELECT TOP 5 * " & _ "FROM books " & _ "WHERE " & _ "active =1" & ") cnt" Order = "RAND((DATEPART(s,GETDATE())*book_id))" |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
38200 Posts |
Posted - 2006-01-19 : 17:57:13
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| When posting your queries here, please post them so that we can try them out in Query Analyzer. Your current format means we'd have to do a lot of work just to read it. Here's how to return a random row:SELECT TOP 5 *FROM YourTableWHERE active = 1ORDER BY NEWID()Tara Kizeraka tduggan |
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berndh
Starting Member
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Posted - 2006-01-20 : 14:09:29
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| Hi Tara,Works like a dream !! Thanks.Could you explain the logic behind this ?I would have thought it to always return the "top 5" most records. How does it randomise things ? |
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tkizer
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random record selection