Re: random rows - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From jdassen@cistron.nl (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Subject Re: random rows
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Msg-id slrn9egv5s.8mb.jdassen@odin.cistron-office.nl
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In response to No JOINs in UPDATE ... FROM?  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Jie Liang <jliang@ipinc.com> wrote:
>e.g. what my selectee is a set of 1000 rows, I want randomly pickup 100 of
>1000.

Have you tried
    SELECT * FROM selectee ORDER BY random() LIMIT 100;
?o

HTH,
Ray
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<GRub[B]eR> JHM, jij bent echt nerd :))
<GRub[B]eR> maar wel een goeie :)
<GRub[B]eR> Soort van programmerende furby
    Gezien op #cistron

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