The raw SQL for PostgreSQL: SELECT col FROM tab ORDER BY random() LIMIT 1;
I happened to see this on http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/FAQ Regards Anand On Sep 9, 8:07 pm, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > > is there an efficient way to get a random record from a table? > An obvious non-efficient way would be to get all the records and do > random.choice(). > > thanks, > Richard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
