MediaWiki makes use of a `page_random` field for the [[Special:Random]]
page.
I'm assuming that it grabs the highest value from that index, then when
viewed regenerates the page_random value there in some way.
It would be worth it to look over how MediaWiki deals with random pages,
and either integrate with it or do random queries in a similar way.
~Daniel Friesen(Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) of:
-The Nadir-Point Group (http://nadir-point.com)
--It's Wiki-Tools subgroup (http://wiki-tools.com)
--The ElectronicMe project (http://electronic-me.org)
--Games-G.P.S. (http://ggps.org)
-And Wikia ACG on Wikia.com (http://wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_ACG)
--Animepedia (http://anime.wikia.com)
--Narutopedia (http://naruto.wikia.com)
Markus Krötzsch wrote:
On Montag, 4. August 2008, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Steren wrote:
hi,
I wrote yesterday a small patch for SMW. It allows to sort query results
randomly.
Creative Commons needed this feature for its Casestudies project.
[Further details snipped]
Dear SMW devs,
Can this patch be included in the SMW svn?
That would be lovely. If there is a reason it can't, let's see if it can
be worked out!
Well, I guess it can be included. Of course it is clear that this just cannot
perform very well, so there should probably be a switch to enable it only if
desired. It might be good to have a MediaZilla entry for that, so I do not
forget.
One could also think about some faster not-so-random solution as a fallback
for larger sites.
-- Markus
-- Asheesh.
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