randomize in T-SQL
I thought this question was answered, I guess not...Here is an example you can run through multiple times:CREATE TABLE #City ( CityName VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL, ProvinceCode INT NOT NULL ); GO INSERT INTO...
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You can also use the query given at http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/top-n-random-rows-foreach-category-or-group.aspx to select random rows for each group or category in a tableSQL Server, SQL Server...
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Example please? Please start from here:SELECT random(city_name) from city group by provinceThanks
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Smetah,The same way. Use NEWID() and choose the TOP X from each group, using window functions such as ROW_NUMBER.-SeanSean Gallardy | Blog | Twitter
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If you're looking to choose random rows from a set, use NEWID() instead as such:But how about to randomly pick a record *for each group*?
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Hello, If you're looking to choose random rows from a set, use NEWID() instead as such:select top 5 * from sys.columns order by NEWID()Just be careful about using it over very large data sets as you're...
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Take the RouletteSimulator stored procedure. It beats the best roulette tables in the finest Monte Carlo casinos in randomness.It is so good, you can try it with play money before heading for Vegas...
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Hi, Why my RAND() is not random?select top 100 floor(RAND()*100) from sys.columnsIt all returns the same result. I'm trying to use some kind of random() as aggregate instead of max()/min(), so as to...
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