|  | Posted by Sψren Reinke on 08/17/07 06:12 
Hugo Kornelis wrote:> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:39:49 -0700, WhytheQ wrote:
 >
 >> This doesn't work:
 >>
 >> --****************************************
 >> USE myDatabase
 >> SELECT  TOP 10 *
 >>FROM myTable
 >> WHERE NEWID()
 >> --****************************************
 >>
 >> ..I know I need to use the function newID()  to find random records -
 >> just don't know where it fits in the query (suspect the TOP will need
 >> to go from the above)
 >>
 >> Any help greatly appreciated
 >> J
 >
 > Hi J,
 >
 > Marcin's answer is correct. However, if you're on SQL Server 2005 you
 > can also use the new TABLESAMPLE option (see Books Online for the
 > details); this will probably perform better on large tables.
 
 Do you have a link to the book you are talking about ?
 
 p.s. You blog is to large for pageflakes :( (max 512000 bytes) could you
 maybe cut down the articles in the feed ?
 
 Best regards
 SΓΈren
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