select random data from database

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I have 10 question which are retrieved from a database.

Whenever I login each and every time iIshould get the shuffled question.

If I login as 1 username I got the same question and if I login as 2 username I got the same question.

My requriment is it should be in shuffled manner.

Please help me.

Posted 23-Nov-11 21:09pm

Member 8388026

Updated 23-Nov-11 22:18pm

Dalek Dave

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Reiss 24-Nov-11 3:17am

Repost of a repost http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/287815/ramdomly-selecting-questions-from-database

Dalek Dave 24-Nov-11 4:19am

Edited for Grammar, Spelling and Readability.

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Solution 1

use the following query

SQL

SELECT TOP 10 * FROM YourTable ORDER By NEWID()

for more details please see the link http://haacked.com/archive/2004/06/21/658.aspx[^]

Posted 23-Nov-11 21:31pm

nilschaudhari

Updated 23-Nov-11 21:42pm

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Member 8388026 24-Nov-11 4:28am

yes i worked out in database.but when i write the same query in the .cs file the questions are get changed randomly they are not stable.in the web page only they are changing randomly.
now what to do.....?

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thatraja · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-23T21:39:00

Solution 2

Use RAND() or NEWID()
Retrieving random data from SQL Server with TABLESAMPLE[^]
Randomly Retrieve SQL Server Records[^]
Select n random rows from SQL Server table[^]

Posted 23-Nov-11 21:39pm

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Dalek Dave 24-Nov-11 4:19am

Indeed, change the random seed.