Maybe you should try playing with the offset param in fetch() MyData.all().fetch(1,random_offset)
Just remember the fetch limit is 1k. On Sep 2, 11:31 am, Alexander Kojevnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I want to ask is ,how random the get() method is ? > > i.e. > > MyData.all().get() > > will get me different result each time ? > > As far as I understand, if no order is specified, the entities are > ordered by their keys. That is the result will be exactly the same > each time you run all().get() > > Regarding using a datetime field to fetch a random entity, you need to > be careful that your dates are more or less uniformly distributed. > Otherwise you will get some entities more often than others. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---