note 29098 rejected from function.rand by victor

From: Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 09:03:57 +0000
Subject: note 29098 rejected from function.rand by victor
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Well I too having some problems with the SELECT * FROM TABLE_NAME ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1 because, well i have a table which contains path's to uploaded pictures and the corresponding text to the images, so when people visit the page, and click the "images" link, they can enjoy a random image picked from the database. Unfortunately I can't get it to randomly show all the pics, even if I run it a 100 times (!). In fact, it only shows (when refreshed) 3 of the total 6 pictures. This is weird, and I dunno what's wrong. I would sincerely appreciate any bright minds out there to help me out. If you want to see what I am talking about..please surf to: www.moholt-clan.tk and click the link "bilder". It will produce a pop-up window with an image. In this window there's a "Random"-link which randomly chooses a row from the picture-information database and puts it to the webpage. If u keep clicking on that link (say 50 times) you'll see what I'm talking about, it only show 3 pictures out of the total 6. (ps: U'll see that there are 3 pictures that are shown in a in-repitious loop). Another sick thing, is that if I fix the "LIMIT 1" to "LIMIT 2" then it circles through all the pics in the database! It's w-e-i-r-d. Well, anyone who can help? Regards -Anagram Admin

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