Random display from database

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 6:34 am (21 years, 6 months ago)

i have extract my information from the database and arrange in the order of have stock, out of stock, preorder... however, when i try to add in RAND after order by, it messed up my arrangement and did not randomize... can someone help me on it... i will really appreciated it....

my code...(i have delete the word RAND so as not to confuse you all...)

thanx...

<%
sql = " Select products.*, products.ccategory, categories.catdescription " &_
" FROM categories INNER JOIN products ON categories.categoryID=products.ccategory " &_
" WHERE products.ccategory= " & cInt(catID(j))
sql = sql & " ORDER BY products.stockquantity DESC, products.preorder ASC "
set rs = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs.Open sql, dbc, adOpenForwardOnly,adLockReadOnly,adCmdText
%>

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Hello,

It is possible that the RAND() function only works if you don't specify the fields you wish to select (products.* instead of products.ccategory), as this is the case with MySQL.

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 1:37 pm (21 years, 6 months ago)

i dun really understand... can you show me how... please... thanx... i'm not very good on such thing...thanx

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

I'm probably wasting your time, since I don't have a clue about the language and database you're using, but try replacing

Code:

sql = " Select products.*, products.ccategory, categories.catdescription " &_
" FROM categories INNER JOIN products ON categories.categoryID=products.ccategory " &_
" WHERE products.ccategory= " & cInt(catID(j))

with

Code:

sql = " Select products.*, categories.* " &_
" FROM categories INNER JOIN products ON categories.categoryID=products.ccategory " &_
" WHERE products.ccategory= " & cInt(catID(j))

and then trying the RAND function.

You never know, it just might work Cool

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 2:16 pm (21 years, 6 months ago)

sorry,... it is still not working... Question

stress...