Re: MySQL RAND() Issues [was Re: How to Shuffle data]

[Reindl Harald]

Am 15.07.2011 19:40, schrieb Jan Steinman:
>> From: Reindl Harald <h.reindl@stripped>
>>
>> do not use any random-functions of mysql even if they exists
>> http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=59253
> 
> So RAND() can be useful, but it is not really very random

the problem is the idiotic temp table
fecth a random record with it out of a tbale with
few thousand of records and pray to god that your
website has not much users because mysqld will
bring your machine down


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