[ale] recommend a good PHP/MYSQL list?

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Nah. What I am trying to do is more complex. The closest thing I could find is 
like a cross between a subselect and a sort:
/*
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ANSI_diff_Sub-selects.html
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Sorting_rows.html
*/

I want to select random records from the table AND list the result order by id 
DESC; 
Without throwing the data into an array (cause I really don't know how :)).
Something like this:

///
$sql="select value from table order by rand(), order by id desc limit 20"; 
$result=mysql_query($sql);
while ($myrow=mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
{
$value=$myrow["value"];
printf ("value");
///

(So take 20 random rows -of the 1000 that exist- AND order by id DESC)
I am thinking someone would suggest grabbing the random records and sorting 
them in the while array somehow. But that is over my head (which is why I 
turned to the mySQL queries). I couldn't find that concept in the manual.

Drew















On Fri April 18 2003 15:34, F. Grant Robertson wrote:
> Mysql can return random rows..  or you could generate psuedo random numbers
> and query by WHERE IN (1,2,3,4,5)
>
> Take a look at the mysql manual..
>
> http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/index.html
>
> -G
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of
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> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 4:05 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] recommend a good PHP/MYSQL list?
>
>
> That php-ale list hasn't materialized yet, and I am not thinking I should
> post lots of php questions (though it would be a positive offset to the
> flame battles that arise).
>
> Can someone recommend a great php list (from experience)?
>
> I am trying to grab random records from a mysql database and put them in
> order desc by primary key in one query.

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