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Old 10-21-2006, 10:37 AM
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Default Random Selection
From a MySQL database how can I randomly selected the data I use with mysql_query($query)?

I think that creating an array and using the rand() function is my only choice. This takes a lot of resources when I'm pulling 10,000 rows. Any Ideas?
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