Comments on: Returning random results with MySQL http://www.chapter31.com/2008/03/21/returning-random-results-with-mysql/ development in a land far far away... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Michael Sharman http://www.chapter31.com/2008/03/21/returning-random-results-with-mysql/#comment-42650 Michael Sharman Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:05:17 +0000 http://www.chapter31.com/2008/03/21/returning-random-results-with-mysql/#comment-42650 @Tom - yep, that is in ms. At just over 4 seconds per record for 56,000 rows isn't that quick. But solution #3 is nice and speedy! I guess OFFSET goes straight to the row it wants, perhaps much like a primary key or non-clustered index would. @Tom - yep, that is in ms. At just over 4 seconds per record for 56,000 rows isn’t that quick. But solution #3 is nice and speedy!

I guess OFFSET goes straight to the row it wants, perhaps much like a primary key or non-clustered index would.

]]> By: Tom Mollerus http://www.chapter31.com/2008/03/21/returning-random-results-with-mysql/#comment-42644 Tom Mollerus Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:12:12 +0000 http://www.chapter31.com/2008/03/21/returning-random-results-with-mysql/#comment-42644 These times are really fast... are you sure they're in ms, or do you mean seconds? These times are really fast… are you sure they’re in ms, or do you mean seconds?

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