Re: MySQL rand() is slow on large datasets
Maybe this can help you with your performance issue
This query:
SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE id >= (SELECT FLOOR( MAX(id) * RAND()) FROM `table` ) ORDER BY id LIMIT 1;
should be much faster than this query:
SELECT * FROM `table` ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1;
See also:
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?10,163708,163708#msg-163708
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