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random selection [message #598994] Mon, 21 October 2013 05:14 Go to next message
arif_md2009
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i have a parameter form where user will input from item to item and items within this range will be come as output , but i want an option to select the random items from the list, like i may not select all the items from 1 to 10 , but instead i want to pick or select randomly , i may opt for 1,3,4 and 7.
Re: random selection [message #598996 is a reply to message #598994] Mon, 21 October 2013 05:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
John Watson
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orclz> select * from emp sample(20);

     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE                   SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
      7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 1981-02-22 00:00:00       1250        500         30
      7698 BLAKE      MANAGER         7839 1981-05-01 00:00:00       2850                    30

orclz> select * from emp sample(20);

     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE                   SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
      7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 1981-02-22 00:00:00       1250        500         30
      7844 TURNER     SALESMAN        7698 1981-09-08 00:00:00       1500          0         30
      7876 ADAMS      CLERK           7788 1987-05-23 00:00:00       1100                    20
      7902 FORD       ANALYST         7566 1981-12-03 00:00:00       3000                    20

orclz> select * from emp sample(20);

     EMPNO ENAME      JOB              MGR HIREDATE                   SAL       COMM     DEPTNO
---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
      7521 WARD       SALESMAN        7698 1981-02-22 00:00:00       1250        500         30
      7566 JONES      MANAGER         7839 1981-04-02 00:00:00       2975                    20

orclz>
Re: random selection [message #598999 is a reply to message #598996] Mon, 21 October 2013 05:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
arif_md2009
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can you explain john , what exactly i want is like , i dont want to use between clause , instead use a pick from list.
Re: random selection [message #599000 is a reply to message #598999] Mon, 21 October 2013 05:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
John Watson
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You don't seem to read your own questions, never mind my answer. You wanted random rows, and Ive demonstrated the syntax to do this. Now you are talking about BETWEEN. Perhaps someone else can make sense of this. I can't.
Re: random selection [message #599047 is a reply to message #599000] Mon, 21 October 2013 15:31 Go to previous message
mughals_king
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http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:3181424400346795479

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17449999/generate-a-random-date-in-oracle-with-dbms-random

http://birijan.com.np/?q=getting+random+number+string++date+and+random+rows

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/use-dbms-random-to-generate-text-and-date-values/

select * from dual where dbms_random.value = dbms_random.value;



Hope you will get something from these links


Regard
Mughal



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