SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1;

See pp. 694-695 in the MySQL Cookbook.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Lauman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "MySQL Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:47 AM
Subject: Query Question


> I have a table containing information about different businesses.  I
> want to randomly select a single row from the table using a prepared
> statement in a java bean.
> 
> What is the most eficient way to do this?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Jack


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