Thanks guys for the info; I will speak to my ISP! Have a nice weekend! Regards, Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Gray" <rich@f1central.net> To: "Frank Keessen" <fkeessen@planet.nl>; <php-general@lists.php.net>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:36 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Random not working? > > Hi All, > > > > I'm trying to get a random record each time this script runs; > > Only it's giving me everytime the first record back.. No random at all.. > > > > // generate and execute query > > $query = "SELECT stedenid, naamstad, stadomschrijvk FROM steden > > ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1"; > > $result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query. " > > . mysql_error()); > > $row = mysql_fetch_object($result); > > echo $row->naamstad; > > > > > > Version info; > > > > PHP 4.3.1 > > Mysql 3.23.54 > > > > When i'm trying to excute the SELECT statement in phpmyadmin; i'm > > only getting the first record back and when i'm taking off the > > LIMIT 1 it will display all the records in ascending order so > > also not in random.. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Frank > > > Frank > > This really belongs on the MySQL list but there was a known issue with > RAND() on 3.23.54 - can you upgrade? If your table has an auto_increment ID > column then a workaround would be to use rand() in PHP to generate a random > ID then use that with a 'where id = '.$id in your query... > > HTH > Rich > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php