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Selecting 10 records randomly
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04/01/1998 12:43:45
 
 
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04/01/1998 11:22:28
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00069291
Message ID:
00069352
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42
>>What would be the best technique to select 10 records randomly from a table?
>
>This is how I do it.
>
>
>SELECT TOP 10 Table.field1, RAND() AS Dummy;
> FROM Table;
> ORDER BY 2;
> INTO CURSOR tmpStore
>
The "TOP x" clause in a SELECT SQL has a bug in VFP and it may return more than x records.

But I like the idea. I will keep it in mind. Thanks.

Vlad
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