At 13:26 -0700 5/14/02, Soheil Shaghaghi wrote: >Hello All, >I am running 2 MySQL servers, one on Linux, and the other on FreeBSD. >Linux, MySQL version: 3.23.49 >FreeBSD, MySQL version: 3.22.32 > >Problem: > >The following code runs on the newer version of MySQL, and Linux, but when I >run it on the other server, I get sql error. > >SELECT ID,Headlines,IsActive FROM DATABASE WHERE IsActive=1 ORDER BY RAND() >LIMIT 1 > >Can anyone please tell me if it's the version of MySQL causing this problem >or something else?
Yes. Expressions in the ORDER BY clause are not supported prior to 3.23.2. > >Is there anyway to get around this, without upgrading MySQL? SELECT ID*0+RAND() AS r, ID, Headlines, ... ORDER BY r LIMIT 1; > >Thanks so much, >Soheil --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
