i want to retrieve randomly the 10 records from the data base

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is it possible to retrieve the records randomly
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Posted 20-Oct-11 18:35pm

syedkhaleel

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kishorekke · Answer 1 · 2011-10-20T19:44:00

Solution 3

SQL

select top 10 * from  yourtable order by NEWID()

Posted 20-Oct-11 19:44pm

kishorekke

Updated 20-Oct-11 20:20pm

v3

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sachin10d 21-Oct-11 2:20am

Good One!!!

Mukund Thakker 21-Oct-11 2:24am

This is the best solution so far...

Toniyo Jackson 21-Oct-11 2:29am

Good solution, 5!

Praveen Kullu · Answer 2 · 2011-10-20T18:48:00

Solution 1

This will help you

sql-server-random-number-generator-script-sql-query/[^]

use the value extracted to retrieve records randomly

Posted 20-Oct-11 18:48pm

Praveen Kullu

Updated 20-Oct-11 18:53pm

v2

sachin10d · Answer 3 · 2011-10-20T19:24:00

Solution 2

Try this

SQL

select top 10 * from (
SELECT ABS(CAST(NEWID() AS binary(6)) %1000) + 1 randomNumber,*
FROM yourTableName)t order by randomNumber

Posted 20-Oct-11 19:24pm

sachin10d

sravani.v · Answer 4 · 2011-10-20T19:55:00

Solution 4

Refer this link:

http://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/05/fetch-random-rows-from-database-mysql-oracle-ms-sql-postgresql-example.html[^]

Posted 20-Oct-11 19:55pm

sravani.v