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Is possible to select x random records?
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
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Thread ID:
01510156
Message ID:
01510158
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85
>Hi,
>
>I want to select 5 (or some other number) random records that match WHERE clause of the SQL Select. Is it possible?
>
>TIA.

Here is a quick test I've tried:
SELECT TOP 5 *, RAND() as Rnd FROM itemTreeLog ORDER BY Rnd
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.


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