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Simple Query To Select N Random Rows

04.08.2005
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        A very simple, if not particularly portable or fast, quest for selecting a set of random rows from MySQL.

SELECT * from my_table ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 25

I use this a lot when testing.
Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.
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