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random sorting - what is the quickest method?
Posted by: nick rulez
Date: February 04, 2011 09:26AM

Hallo guys. I'd like to have some advice about the best way to get random record(s).

This is the method I'm using and the fastest I know:

set @count = (select count(*) from table);
set @offset = convert(floor(rand() * @count), signed);
prepare mystatement from "select sql_no_cache * from table limit ?, 1";
execute mystatement using @offset;
deallocate prepare mystatement;

However it requires a select count(*) and this is a problem with innodb tables.
Moreover if I want to extract more than one record, it could occur that the query returns me less record than the number I specify in the offset.

Thanks in advance.

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