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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:
01510186
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54
>>>>
>>>>/// More random :-)
>>>>
>>>>SELECT TOP 5 *
>>>>FROM YourTable
>>>>WHERE SomeCondition
>>>>ORDER BY NEWID()
>>>>
>>>
>>>What is the function NEWID()? Thank you.
>>
>>This is SQL Server function. So, if you want to select top 5 random records in SQL Server, you use this variation.
>
>I understand. Thank you.

ROFL.
I just saw SQL and thought that you ask in SQL Server forum :-)
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.
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