Re: Picking a random entry from a .db
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40225
interpreted = N
texte = At 9:31 AM 11/21/01, Matthew Bohne wrote:>My questions is... can I, or How can I search and pull one random >entry from the database?>>[search db=angeltree.db& .......Add to your search criteria something that'll pull all results you'd potentially want from the db (nezipdata=0, for example), sort it randomly (&zipsort=1&zipsdir=ra), and return only one result (&max=1). That ought to do it.HTH,M-- Maurice Rickardhttp://mauricerickard.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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At 9:31 AM 11/21/01, Matthew Bohne wrote:>My questions is... can I, or How can I search and pull one random >entry from the database?>>[search db=angeltree.db& .......Add to your search criteria something that'll pull all results you'd potentially want from the db (nezipdata=0, for example), sort it randomly (&zipsort=1&zipsdir=ra), and return only one result (&max=1). That ought to do it.HTH,M-- Maurice Rickardhttp://mauricerickard.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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