When I search for random there are no matches... Maybe someone has a message
that they can forward to me?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thimble Smith" <tim@stripped>
To: "Hunter Hillegas" <hunter@stripped>
Cc: <mysql@stripped>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: Outputting Selects in Random Order
> At 14:50, 19991005, Hunter Hillegas wrote:
> >Is there any way from something like 'SELECT * FROM RECORDS' would output
> >the results in a random order, not by insertion order?
>
> Check the mailing list for "random", there's been several discussions on
> it.
>
> A select does *not* happen in insertion order by default. Please do not
> depend on that in your programs, because they will certainly break. You
> can not count on any order back from a SELECT unless you specify one with
> an ORDER BY clause!
>
> Tim
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