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09/12/2004 10:19:10
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
00968006
Message ID:
00968030
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Claudio,

You could do something like this:
RAND(-1)

SELECT TOP 3 RaffleNumber, RAND() AS SortOrder ;
  FROM Raffle ;
  ORDER BY SortOrder
HTH,
Chad

>>Hello
>>
>>I need to create a procedure to raffle (randon) N records (by it keys) among the area/records in a table..
>>
>>For example.. I'd like to get 3 randon items of the list below.. Different on each time that I run my procedure..
>>
>>00000124
>>00000334
>>00000454
>>00000455
>>00001888
>>00001993
>>00030001
>>00045540
>>00012222
>>00344445
>>00554442
>>
>>Does anyone could help me on it, please ?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Claudio
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