Hello,
I am having a table with an integer column which I use for probability
calculations (the higher a value the more often it is chosen).
Now I am having the following query, which should actually incorporate
these probabilities, however it seems to prefer values from the middle
range
SELECT * FROM table WHERE field>=(SELECT RAND()*MAX(field) FROM
table) ORDER BY field LIMIT 1
If I split it up it still seems to prefer mid-range values over values
closer to the higher end, however it doesnt "completely" ignore the
highest value anymore.
random_value = SELECT RAND()*MAX(field) FROM table;
SELECT * FROM table WHERE field>=random_value ORDER BY field LIMIT 1
Does anyone have an explanation for that or a better solution? Thanks
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