how can we pick 5 rowsradomly from database

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i have reiremetid, questions in my database ,how we pick 5 questions randomly from database based on requirement id

Posted 13-Aug-12 3:50am

raveendrareddya

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[no name] 13-Aug-12 9:54am

The Random function usually works pretty well.

Kenneth Haugland 13-Aug-12 10:00am

Dont repost your question, use the Improve quetion if you have additional inforamtion :)

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ridoy · Answer 1 · 2012-08-13T05:03:00

I can give you one idea.
First,you need to randomly generate 5 requirement id from your code within your requirement id values of your database(it would be good if they are serial numbers).
Second,then you can easily select corresponding 5 questions according to their reiremetid.
The most important part here for you to create 5 random id and other part should be easier enough after first one.

Philip Stuyck · Answer 2 · 2012-08-13T06:43:00

Solution 2

For sql server this is it:

SQL

SELECT TOP 5 column FROM table
ORDER BY NEWID()

For other databases have a look at this :
http://www.petefreitag.com/item/466.cfm[^]

Posted 13-Aug-12 6:43am

Philip Stuyck

Updated 13-Aug-12 6:46am

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