Thread: random query

random query

From
Oleg Bartunov
Date:
I need to get random value:

select random(id) from messages where .....
Is't possible with SQL ?
Oleg

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Re: [SQL] random query

From
Oleg Bartunov
Date:
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Oleg Bartunov wrote:

> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 00:31:27 +0400 (MSD)
> From: Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>
> To: pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org
> Subject: [SQL] random query
> 
> I need to get random value:
> 
> select random(id) from messages where .....
> Is't possible with SQL ?

Just to be correct - I need only one random row
from matched rows. I've seen random.sql in 
regression test but didn't figured out yet how
to use oidrand for my purpose.


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>     Oleg
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_____________________________________________________________
Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83