From: | Holger Klawitter <lists(at)klawitter(dot)de> |
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To: | "pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: selecting random row |
Date: | 2002-04-02 08:12:02 |
Message-ID: | 3CA967D2.12D0D8DE@klawitter.de |
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Hi,
> Right now (in perl), I select the complete list of id's into a @list, do
> a $id = $list[rand(@list)] and have the right row. But this seems to be
> very time-consuming, and I would like to have it done completely in the
> Pg-database.
You can order by random and get the first row:
select
id
from
table
where
agr>=60 and sex = 'm'
order by
random()
limit
1
;
This will also compute the whole result set - well, you have to in order
to get the value set to select from - but at least you don't have to
pull all data into your application tier.
With kind regards / Mit freundlichem Gruß
Holger Klawitter
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Holger Klawitter
holger(at)klawitter(dot)de http://www.klawitter.de
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