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Distinct random rows
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I have a query that gets 5 random values out of a table according to a query. i.e.
This is fairly simplified but you get the idea. One of the fields in the table is ip, how can I do that same but ensure that all the ip values are DISTINCT. Any ideas anybody?
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This is fairly simplified but you get the idea. One of the fields in the table is ip, how can I do that same but ensure that all the ip values are DISTINCT. Any ideas anybody?
Last edited by peter_budo; Jan 6th, 2009 at 9:28 am. Reason: Keep It Organized - For easy readability, always wrap programming code within posts in [code] (code blocks) and [icode] (inline code) tags.
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Originally Posted by finance-blog 
I have a query that gets 5 random values out of a table according to a query. i.e.
sql Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
This is fairly simplified but you get the idea. One of the fields in the table is ip, how can I do that same but ensure that all the ip values are DISTINCT. Any ideas anybody?
sql Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
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