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Mysql Row Randomization


EZE

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I'm still pretty new to MySql, so I didn't know how to do this. I have a MySql table set up with phpmyadmin like this:

picture1va6.png What i am trying to do is randomize info from a this table. Like so: (HTML Output:)

<a href="watch.php?id=RANDOM TABLE ID">RANDOM MOVIE NAME FOR THE SAME ID AS LINK</a>

Something like that. Only 1 random string though. I don't really know how to explain what I am trying to do, but i hope someone can help.

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Check this thread: http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,125759.0.html

 

The simplest method is just "ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1", but that isn't efficient for large data sets.  Try it out and see if it's fast enough for you.  If it is, no need to do any more :)

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