Re: [SQL] random rows

2001-04-26 Thread Josh Berkus
Jie, > How I can return random N rows from my select stmt? > like: > e.g. what my selectee is a set of 1000 rows, I want randomly > pickup 100 of 1000. You'd have to do it inside a function or external program, and copy the rows to a temporary table (which is what you'd return to the user). Th

Re: [SQL] random rows

2001-04-26 Thread Joao Pedro M. F. Monoo
Hi! > How I can return random N rows from my select stmt? > like: > e.g. what my selectee is a set of 1000 rows, I want randomly > pickup 100 of 1000. use the LIMIT clause example SELECT * FROM test_table LIMIT 100; you can also use the OFFSET clause to skip to n row and the fetch the n desi