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| Submitted on: 5/27/2003 8:25:47 PM
By: John Cappelletti
Level: Advanced
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Compatibility:SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 7.0
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| | | A very simple technique to select random data from a SQL Server query
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Select Top 10 * from myTable Order By NewID()
The key here is the NewID() function which returns a random unique
identifier.
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5/28/2003 8:11:35 AM:Sean P. O. MacCath-Moran
Ok… well… *thumps himself on the head*
That seems so obvious now that you said
it, eh? VERY nice coding approach! I
can't think of an immediate use for it,
but I'm going to tuck that away in my
'Nifty Tricks' file for when I do! =o)
Thanks for the post!
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5/28/2003 9:38:33 AM:
I have a list of resources persons in
an ASP page for which it's sad to list
in alphabetical order (because the A
ones are always listed first, etc.).
With this quasi-random way, my problem
is solved without VBScript processing!
Thankx! Very useful!
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6/9/2003 10:06:38 AM:
i find this article very useful, thx
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6/26/2003 2:48:10 AM:
i want to do it in Access,
Could you
help me?
From Korea,South
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10/30/2003 9:33:54 AM:David Longley
I like it!
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10/30/2003 3:55:21 PM:
dude......your one line takes my 5
globsssssss
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