SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 5;
rand在手冊裡是這麼說的:
RAND() ,RAND(N) :返回在范圍0到1.0內的隨機浮點值。如果一個整數參數N被指定,它被用作種子值。
mysql> select RAND(); -> 0.5925 mysql> select RAND(20); -> 0.1811 mysql> select RAND(20); -> 0.1811 mysql> select RAND(); -> 0.2079 MySQL> select RAND(); -> 0.7888
你不能在一個ORDER BY子句用RAND()值使用列,因為ORDER BY將重復計算列多次。然而在MySQL3.23中,你可以做:
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY RAND(),這是有利於得到一個來自SELECT * FROM table1,table2 WHERE a=b AND c
但我試了一下,8千條記錄的表,執行一次需要0.08 sec,.慢了些
後來請教了google,得到如下代碼
SELECT * FROM table_name AS r1 JOIN (SELECT ROUND(RAND() * (SELECT MAX(id) FROM table_name)) AS id) AS r2 WHERE r1.id >= r2.id ORDER BY r1.id ASC LIMIT 5;
執行效率需要0.02 sec.可惜的是,只有MySQL 4.1.*以上才支持這樣的子查詢.