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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
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01510156
Message ID:
01510160
Views:
59
>Hi,
>
>I want to select 5 (or some other number) random records that match WHERE clause of the SQL Select. Is it possible?
>
>TIA.
RAND(-1)
lnMax = 5 && Max No. Records
SELECT TOP CEILING(RAND()*lnMax) * ;
  FROM (HOME(2) + "Northwind\Orders") ;
  WHERE EmployeeId = 1 ;
  ORDER BY OrderId
Luis María Guayán
Tucumán, Argentina
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