Re: MySQL rand() is slow on large datasets
Tried Jeff's query but only low number ids were generated. The query below solves this.
SELECT t.id FROM table t JOIN (SELECT(FLOOR(max(id) * rand())) as maxid FROM table) as tt on t.id >= tt.maxid LIMIT 1
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