Earlier on, I thought I could use rand () as follows: SELECT rand () FROM Products LIMIT 2; _____________ 0.2036000..... 0.125689...... ____________
2 rows Your suggestion worked ok. Thanks Alex ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 29. März 2004 14:59 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mysql. Com Betreff: Re: Selecting rows at random "B. Fongo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 29/03/2004 13:54:54: > Does MySQL provide a way of selecting a limited number of rows at > random? From a query that might return several rows, I want MySQL to > return six rows at random at each time. > > For instance: > > Select * from [table] where [condition]; > > 200 rows (0.0 sec) > > > Now - I need 6 rows at random. SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 6 ; Alec -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
