Hi!
> How I can return random N rows from my select stmt?
> like:
> e.g. what my selectee is a set of 1000 rows, I want randomly
> pickup 100 of 1000.
use the LIMIT clause
example
SELECT * FROM test_table LIMIT 100;
you can also use the OFFSET clause to skip to n row and the fetch the n
desired rows
example
SELECT * FROM test_table LIMIT 100 OFFSET 100;
this will skip to row number 100 and the fetch the next 100 rows
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