note 103169 added to function.rand

From: Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:10:09 +0000
Subject: note 103169 added to function.rand
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@Jesse Why not just use "SELECT * FROM table order by rand() LIMIT 1" Unless the dataset contains millions of rows, it is still pretty efficient. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.55 Probable Submitter: 67.131.172.2 (proxied: 173.16.49.78) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rand.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/103169 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103169/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103169/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103169/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103169/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103169/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103169/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103169 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/103169 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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