Re: Picking a random entry from a .db

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40226
interpreted = N
texte = It works, Thanks guys. I have to say... This is probably the friendliest talk list that I am a member of. Very helpful, and friendly... especially to newbies like me.On Thursday, January 9, 1941, Maurice Rickard wrote: >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 Rickard >http://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/ >------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Picking a random entry from a .db (Matthew Bohne 2001)
  2. Re: Picking a random entry from a .db (Maurice Rickard 2001)
  3. Re: Picking a random entry from a .db (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2001)
  4. Picking a random entry from a .db (Matthew Bohne 2001)
It works, Thanks guys. I have to say... This is probably the friendliest Talk List that I am a member of. Very helpful, and friendly... especially to newbies like me.On Thursday, January 9, 1941, Maurice Rickard wrote: >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 Rickard >http://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/ >------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Matthew Bohne

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