Re: Random selection of data throug SQL querry

From: Shakeel Qureshi <msklq_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:54:59 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <10715.124940@fatcity.com>

Hi Praful!

Thanks for your feed. This works great.

Best regards,

Shakeel Qureshi
squreshi_at_barpoint.com
--- Praful Thakkar <thakkar_praful_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Try this ...
>
> select field_list from tablename sample(1);
>
> This will give you a random sample of about 1% of
> total recs in
> your table.
> (It's Oracle 8.1.6 - I'm not sure if it would work
> for earlier
> versions.)
>
> HTH.
>
> - Praful
>
> --- Shakeel Qureshi <msklq_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I immediate need your help.
> >
> > How could I random select few lines from a large
> > table through an sql select statement.
> >
> > Appreciate quick response.
> >
> > Shakeel Qureshi
> > squreshi_at_barpoint.com
> >
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