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Is possible to select x random records?
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10/05/2011 09:20:32
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01510156
Message ID:
01510159
Views:
76
>Hi,
>
>I want to select 5 (or some other number) random records that match WHERE clause of the SQL Select. Is it possible?
>

Sure, do something like this:
RAND(-1) && to seed it
SELECT TOP 5 <the fields you want>, RAND() as nRand ;
  FROM <your table> ;
  WHERE <your conditions> ;
  ORDER BY nRand
Tamar
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