Could you not use something like Query1 SELECT yourIDField FROM yourTableName
Query2 SELECT yourIDField FROM yourTableName WHERE yourIDField = #randRange(1,Query1.recordCount)# If the list of items is fairly stable you could drop Query1 and change the last line of query2 to WHERE yourIDField = #randRange(1,600)# -- James Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: Random SQL statement > I have a table with a Unique ID field and I would like to do a random > select on the table UID. > > Basically I want to send the user to a page that displays that random > record. > > Does SQL have a random function? I cant find anything in my books. > SELECT rand(ID) > FROM table > > Or should I select all records from the table and use CF to pick a > random record from the dataset? > > Thanks, > Chad > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
