note 69424 added to function.array-rand
| From: | dbrooks at icarusstudios dot com | Date: | Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:28:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 69424 added to function.array-rand | ||
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Instead of looping through all the rows selected to pick a random one, let the server do the work
for you:
select * from some_table order by rand() limit 1;
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Server IP: 64.71.164.2
Probable Submitter: 24.106.203.202
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