RE: [PHP] random order

I don't know if this will work or not, but try SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY id, RAND(); That should keep all of the questions and answers together, but give a random order for the answers.. ?? Like I said, not exactly sure on it though. Best option, like someone else said, is to split this up into two tables. ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Jule [mailto:jslootbeek@clarku.edu] > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 1:28 PM > To: holmes072000@charter.net; php-general@lists.php.net; > mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Re: [PHP] random order > > hmm it got a little more complicated now, > i have a table with: id title question answer1 answer2 answer3 answer4. > how can i use all of those in a php page but only randomize the answers? > > so i get > > title title > > question question > > answer3 answer4 > answer2 answer1 > answer4 answer3 > answer1 answer2 > > any ideas? > thanks, > > Jule > On Sunday 12 May 2002 17:30, you wrote: > > Add on a LIMIT to restrict it to return a certain number of rows. > > > > If you had a table of say, 100 rows, and you wanted four random ones out > > of the 100, then you'd use this: > > > > SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 4; > > > > ---John Holmes... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jule [mailto:jslootbeek@clarku.edu] > > > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:22 AM > > > To: holmes072000@charter.net > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] random order > > > > > > Thanks John, > > > I thought that that command only selected a random row.. > > > must've read wrong. > > > thanks. > > > > > > Jule > > > > > > On Sunday 12 May 2002 17:21, you wrote: > > > > Nothing to do with PHP... > > > > > > > > SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY RAND(); > > > > > > > > ---John Holmes... > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Jule [mailto:jslootbeek@clarku.edu] > > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 9:49 AM > > > > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > > > > Subject: [PHP] random order > > > > > > > > > > Hey guys and gals, > > > > > I have a problem: > > > > > I have a mysql databse with 4 rows, and each row (row1, row2, > > > > row3, > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > row4) > > > > > contains a sentence. now i want these sentences to appear in > > > > random > > > > > > order: > > > > > instance: 1 2 etc. > > > > > row2 row4 > > > > > row4 row2 > > > > > row1 row1 > > > > > row3 row3 > > > > > > > > > > how do i go about that?? > > > > > any ideas apreciated. > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > Jule > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > |\/\__________________________/\/| > > > > > | Jule Slootbeek | > > > > > | jslootbeek@clarku.edu | > > > > > | http://blindtheory.cjb.net | > > > > > | __________________________ | > > > > > |/\/ \/\| > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > > > > > > |\/\__________________________/\/| > > > | Jule Slootbeek | > > > | jslootbeek@clarku.edu | > > > | http://blindtheory.cjb.net | > > > | __________________________ | > > > |/\/ \/\| > > -- > |\/\__________________________/\/| > | Jule Slootbeek | > | jslootbeek@clarku.edu | > | http://blindtheory.cjb.net | > | __________________________ | > |/\/ \/\|