Try Python's slicing syntax. [1] [1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#limiting-querysets
On Dec 23, 2:16 pm, Babatunde Akinyanmi <tundeba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > How can I get the ORM to do the equivalent of this sql query with the > result being a QuerySet: > > SELECT * FROM table LIMIT expr. > > I know I can use objects.raw() but I need to shuffle the results and > RawQuerySet objects do not have __len__() making it impossible to > random.shuffle. > > I actually have a database with thousands of records from which I have > to randomly select just 10 records from the thousands during every > query. Because of efficiency, I use the normal select with limit query > using a random number as offset and 200 as the limit. Next, the idea > is to shuffle the results and use the first 10 numbers. > > Thanks for any assistance > > -- > Sent from my mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
