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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
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
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Thread ID:
01510156
Message ID:
01510195
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48
>>>>>
>>>>>/// 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 :-)

I am working on moving most of my questions to SQL Server :)
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