Guys,
this will only work if the IDs start at 1, and there are no missing IDs.
Also, the #s are unnecessary in your CFSET.
Have fun,
Lee.
Bjork.Net
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian bouldernet) wrote:
x = total available records
<cfset RandomCount = #RandRange(1,x)#>
<cfquery>
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE ID = Random Count
</cfquery>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 4:49 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Random Record
How could i select a random record from a table?
Like to set my query as
<cfquery datasource="mine" name="selectrandomrecord">
SELECT *
FROM Table
WHERE RecordID = ??????
<cfquery>
Anyone know how to do this?
thanks
kev
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