Selecting a Random Row from Table in MySQL - PL/SQL Snipplr Social Repository

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at March 12, 2013 22:09 by apphp-snippets

Initial Code

SELECT * FROM TABLE
ORDER BY RAND()
LIMIT 1

Initial URL

http://www.apphp.com/index.php?snippet=mysql-selecting-random-row

Initial Description

Here the simplest way of selecting random rows from the MySQL database with using "ORDER BY RAND()" clause in the query.

Initial Title

Selecting a Random Row from Table in MySQL

Initial Tags

sql

Initial Language

PL/SQL