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Wanted to get some feedback about possible options to pull random records from a file. I am dealing with an invoice file for a date (one day) for multiple locations. I need to pull thirty random bills from this file for a date and the number of bills I pull for a location must be proportionate to that location's number of bills compared to number of bill's for all locations. With that being said, my quandary is how to pull these bills randomly. My first attempt at this, I read through the file and selected a record every "random" number of seconds. This was not random enough as I was always grabbing my bills from the first hundred records for every location (about 500 records per location). Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. John M. Bauman Project Manager - Lead Programmer/Analyst Ward Trucking Second Avenue & Seventh Street, Greenwood Altoona, PA 16603 Direct Voice (814) 947-1284 Fax (814) 944-5470 www.wardtrucking.com
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