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  3. February 2006

Re: Select a random record in SQL

On 2/15/06, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I get random effects whether the rand() call is in the field list or not.
> On another point, while "SELECT *, RAND() FROM MYFILE" won't work, the
> syntax "SELECT MYFILE.*, RAND() FROM MYFILE" does work.
>

Good to know!  I think I had run into this before, not with rand(), but with
something else, and figured it just couldn't be done.  Need to ask more!

Thanks!
- Dan

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